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| 1373 | Birth |  |
| Birth of John Beaufort |
| 1377 | Birth |  |
| Jan Birth of Thomas de Beaufort, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster |
| 1396 | Legitimization Beaufort |  |
| Thomas de Beaufort is legitimized |
| 1397 | Honours |  |
| Made Knight of the Garter |
| 1397 | Marriage |  |
| 28th Sep Marries Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent |
| 1397 | Peerage |  |
| 10th Feb Created Earl of Somers et, 1st |
| 29th Sep Created Marquess of Somers et and Dorset |
| 1398 | Bishop of Lincoln |  |
| Lincoln Appointed Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1401 | Birth |  |
| 26th Nov Birth of Henry Beaufort |
| 1403 | Admiral |  |
| London Appointed Admiral of the Fleet in the North |
| 1403 | Lord Chancellor |  |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 1st term |
| 1403 | Marriage |  |
| Jan Marries Lady Margaret de Neville, daughter of Thomas de Neville |
| 1404 | Birth |  |
| 25th Mar Birth of John Beaufort |
| 1404 | Bishop of Winchester |  |
| Winchester Appointed Bishop of Winchester |
| 1404 | Constable |  |
| Appointed Constable of England |
| 1405 | Rebellion |  |
| London Commands Henry V's army against the rebels in the North of England |
| 1407 | Captain |  |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais |
| 1410 | Death |  |
| 16th Mar Death of John Beaufort |
| 1410 | Lieutenant Aquitaine |  |
| Aquitaine Appointed Chancellor |
| 1410 | Lord Chancellor |  |
| Appointed Chancellor, 2nd term |
| 1411 | Peerage |  |
| 5th Nov Created Earl of Dorset |
| 1412 | Peerage |  |
| Exeter Created Duke of Beaufort |
| 1413 | Lieutenant Aquitaine |  |
| Aquitaine Appointed Lieutenant of Aquitaine |
| 1413 | Lord Chancellor |  |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 2nd term |
| 1416 | Lieutenant Normandy Beaufort |  |
| Normandy Appointed Lieutenant of Normandy |
| 1416 | Peerage |  |
| 18th Nov Created 1st Duke of Exeter |
| 1417 | Council Constance |  |
| Constance Attends the Council of Constance & elects the Pope Martin V |
| 1418 | Peerage |  |
| 1st July Created Count of Harcourt |
| 1st July Created Lord of Lillebonne |
| 1424 | Lord Chancellor |  |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 3rd term |
| 1426 | Burial |  |
| Bury Edmonds Buried at Bury St. Edmonds Abbey, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 1426 | Death |  |
| 27th Dec Greenwich Death of Thomas de Beaufort |
| 1427 | Cardinal |  |
| London Appointed Cardinal |
| 1427 | Papal Legate Beaufort |  |
| Appointed Papal Legate in Germany to organize a crusade against the Hussites |
| 1431 | Coronation |  |
| Westminster Abbey Crowns Henry VI as King of France |
| 1440 | Capture of Harfleur |  |
| Harfleur Recaptures Harfleur |
| 1442 | Siege of Calais |  |
| Calais Relieves the siege of Calais |
| 1442 | Siege of Harfleur |  |
| Calais Comes to the relief of Calais |
| 1443 | Birth |  |
| London Born the daughter of John, 1st Duke of Somers et |
| 1448 | Lieutenant France Beaufort |  |
| London Appointed Lieutenant of France |
| 1448 | Peerage |  |
| Created Duke of Somers et, 2nd |
| Created Earl of Somers et, 5th |
| Created Marquis of Dorset, 3rd |
| 1449 | Capture of Anjou |  |
| London Withdraws to Caen as the French recapture Anjou, Maine & Normandy |
| 1453 | Arrest |  |
| Tower of London Henry V becomes insane & without his protector Somers et is locked up |
| 1454 | Arrest |  |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower after Henry VI regains his sanity |
| 1455 | Arrest |  |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower of London by Henry VI |
| 1455 | Marriage |  |
| Marries Edmund Tudor the Earl of Richmond |
| 1455 | Peerage |  |
| Somerset Created Duke of Somers et, 3rd |
| 1457 | Birth |  |
| London Birth of Henry VII, son of Margaret Beaufort |
| 1459 | Captain |  |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais |
| Nov Calais Appointed Captain of Calais |
| 1459 | Siege of Calais |  |
| Nov Calais Arrives to take Calais away from the Earl of Warwick who holds it for the Yorkists |
| Nov Calais Some of Somers et's forces are forced by bad weather to surrender to Warwick |
| 1460 | Battle of Wakefield |  |
| 21st Dec Wakefield Helps defeat the Yorkists when they sail from Sandal castle |
| 1460 | Commander |  |
| July Appointed Commander of the Lancastrian Army by Queen Elizabeth |
| 1460 | Siege of Calais |  |
| Jan Calais Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somers et who has asked for reinforcements |
| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd |  |
| 17th Feb St Albans Helps defeat the Yorkists |
| 1461 | Battle of Towton Moor |  |
| 29th Mar Towton Moor Commander of defeated Lancastrian forces at the battle of Towton Moor, only 24 yrs old |
| 1461 | Exile of Beaufort |  |
| London Exiled for supporting Henry VI after the accession of Edward IV |
| 1461 | Mobilization |  |
| Jan York Queen Margaret & Somers et march southwards from York |
| 1462 | Siege of Banburgh |  |
| Banburgh Holds Banburgh Castle against Edward IV, 1462-1463 |
| 1463 | Peerage |  |
| Created Duke of Somers et, 3rd for a 2nd time |
| 1463 | Siege of Banburgh |  |
| Banburgh Surrenders to Edward IV for an annual pension of 1,000 marks, this is never paid |
| 1464 | Battle of Hedgley Moor |  |
| 25th April Hedgley Moor Somers et has to escape from the rout |
| 1464 | Battle of Hexham |  |
| 15th May Hexham Forced to surrender to Lord Montagu & immediately beheaded |
| 1464 | Death |  |
| 15th May Hexham Death of Henry Beaufort |
| 15th May Hexham Death of Henry Beaufort, executed |
| 1464 | Execution of Beaufort |  |
| 15th May Hexham Captured & executed at Hexham, virtually putting an end to Lancastrian resistance |
| 1464 | Invasion of England |  |
| Makes unsuccesful raids into northern England from Scotland, defeated by John Neville |
| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury |  |
| 4th May Tewkesbury Captured in battle by the Yorkists |
| 1471 | Commander |  |
| Appointed highest ranking noble in Lancastrian army |
| 1471 | Death |  |
| 6th May London Death of Edmund Beaufort, beheaded by the Yorkists |
| 1471 | Execution of Beaufort |  |
| 6th May London Beheaded by the Yorkists |
| 1483 | Coronation |  |
| 6th July Westminster Abbey Carries Queen Anne's train at Richard III's coronation |
| 1629 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Henry Beaufort |
| 1657 | Marriage |  |
| Marries Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Lord Capell |
| 1660 | Election |  |
| Monmouthshire Elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire |
| 1663 | Peerage |  |
| Worcester Created 3rd Marquess of Worcester |
| 1667 | Peerage |  |
| Created 9th Lord Herbert |
| 1672 | Privy Council |  |
| 17th April Appointed Privy Counsellor |
| 1682 | Peerage |  |
| 2nd Dec Created 1st Duke of Beaufort |
| 1699 | Death |  |
| 21st Jan Death of Henry Beaufort |