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| 1373 | Birth |  |
| Birth of John Beaufort |
| 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 |
| 1404 | Birth |  |
| 25th Mar Birth of John Beaufort |
| 1404 | Constable |  |
| Appointed Constable of England |
| 1410 | Death |  |
| 16th Mar Death of John Beaufort |
| 1448 | Peerage |  |
| Created Marquis of Dorset, 3rd |
| 1455 | Peerage |  |
| Somerset Created Duke of Somers et, 3rd |
| 1459 | Captain |  |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |