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Battle of Edgehill
History of England

              


1642
Astley, Jacob
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the Royalist foot soldiers
1642
Balfour, Arthur James
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands some the Parliamentary horse & helps take the Royalist standard
1642
Bertie, Robert
22nd Oct Edgehill Resigns because Lord Forth devises the plan for the battle at Edgeghill
23rd Oct Edgehill Killed at the battle of Edgehill
23rd Oct Edgehill Resigns as General-in-Chief because Lord Forth plans the battle of Edgeghill
23rd Oct Edgehill Serves as a volunteer at the head of his own infantry regiment
23rd Oct Edgehill Taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians
1642
Bulstrode, Richard
23rd Oct Edgehill Serves in an infantry regiment for the Royalists
1642
Byron
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the Royalist cavalry reserve
1642
Charles I
23rd Oct Edgehill After the Battle Charles sets up his military HQ at Oxford
23rd Oct Edgehill Charles I opens the road to London
23rd Oct Edgehill Charles is forced to keep his HQ at Oxford until the end of the war
23rd Oct Edgehill The battle ends in stalemate, both sides lose about 1,500
1642
Charles II
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands a regiment as the Prince of Wales, charging in the front line
1642
Cromwell, Oliver
23rd Oct Edgehill Captain of troop of horse at the Battle of Edgehill
1642
Devereux, Robert
22nd Oct Wormleighton Royalists & Parliamentarians encounter each other before the battle of Edgehill
23rd Oct Edgehill 1st major conflict of the civil war, fought between Essex & Charles I
23rd Oct Edgehill Both sides claim victory & Charles I rejects Parliament's overtures for peace
23rd Oct Edgehill Essex's scouts see the Royalist army 3 miles south of the Edgehill escarpment
23rd Oct Edgehill Essex withdraws to Warwick, the road to London is still open to Charles
23rd Oct Edgehill Holds the field at Edge Hill for the Parliamentarians
23rd Oct Edgehill The battle ends in deadlock
23rd Oct Warwick The Parliamentary forces withdraw to Warwick after the battle of Edgehill
1642
Digby
22nd Oct Edgehill Comands a Regiment for Parliament
1642
Feilding
22nd Oct Edgehill Commands a regiment for the Royalists
1642
Hampden, John
23rd Oct Edgehill Arrives late in the day to support Essex
1642
Heydon, John
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the cannon for Parliament
1642
Lucas, Charles
22nd Oct Edgehill Commands 200 Royalist horse
1642
Ramsay, James
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands detachments of dragoons for Parliament
1642
Verney, Edmund
23rd Oct Edgehill Royalist standard bearer, killed in battle
1642
Wilmot, Harry
23rd Oct Edgehill Commands 5 Royalist regiments of horse

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