Chronology of the First Civil War 1642-46 Flashcards
Charles’s raises his standard at Nottingham
22 August 1642
Starts The First Civil War.
Battle of Edgehill
23 October 1642
Indecisive.
Battle of Turnham Green
13 November 1642
Parliamentary victory.
Solemn League and Covenant
September 1643
The Scots join the Civil War in support of the Parliamentarians with 21,000 men.
Battle of Marston Moor
July 1644
Parliamentary victory - secures the North.
Creation of New Model Army
February 1645
Religiously motivated, disciplined fighting force not tied to a certain part of the country.
Self-Denying Ordinance
April 1645
Removes ‘half-measure men’ like Essex and Manchester from the army, allowing Fairfax and Cromwell, who would see a fight through to take charge.
Battle of Naseby
June 1645
Parliamentary victory. Decisive defeat of the Royalists
Charles surrenders to the Scots
May 1646
Surrender of Oxford
June 1646
Treaty of Bunbury
December 1642
Cheshire agrees to remain neutral
Yorkshire neutrality pact
September 1642
Battle of Lostwithiel
August 1644
Royalist victory, secures Cornwall and the South West.
