History and chronology of William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st in England

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Civil War
Government
House Cavendish
Military
Rebellion

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Battle Adwalton Moor
Battle Banbury
Battle Boldon Hills
Battle Corbridge
Battle Hilton
Battle Marston Moor
Birth
Capture
Chief Justice
Commander
Council War
Death
Execution
Exile
Invasion Yorkshire
Party Leader
Peerage
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Siege Hull
Siege York
Succession

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Adwalton Moor
Banbury
Boldon Hills
Corbridge
Devonshire
Gainsborough
Hartington
Hilton
Hull
London
Marston Moor
Pontefract
Tyne
York
Yorkshire

William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st History of England


1372	Chief Justice
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1381	Death
Death of John Cavendish
London Executed by the followers of Jack Cade
1381	Execution
Executed by the followers of Jack Cade
1592	Birth
Birth of William Cavendish
1618	Peerage
Created Earl Devonshire, 1st
1628	Peerage
Devonshire Created Earl of Devonshire, 1st
1642	Capture
Pontefract Captures Pontefract Castle
1642	Invasion of Yorkshire
Yorkshire Leads the Royalist invasion of Yorkshire
1643	Battle of Adwalton Moor
30th June Adwalton Moor After the battle of Adwalton Moor the royalists occupy the West Riding of Yorkshire
30th June Adwalton Moor Defeats a Parliamentary force under Lord Fairfax
30th June Adwalton Moor The Parliamentary forces are driven back to Hull
1643	Capture
Gainsborough Moves from the nth to threaten the eastern counties & captures Gainsborough
1643	Commander
Tyne Appointed Commander of the Royalist forces North of the Tyne
1643	Siege of Hull
Hull Raises the Siege of Hull on behalf of the Royalists
1643	Siege of York
Jan York Withdraws the Royalists from Wakefield & Pontefract & gathers them at York
1644	Battle of Banbury
27th Oct Banbury Charles I is able to retreat safely to Donnington Castle & to join Rupert in Oxford
27th Oct Banbury Fails to join forces with Waller
1644	Battle of Boldon Hills
8th Mar Boldon Hills Covenanters under Leven get the better of Royalists under Newcastle outside Sunderland
1644	Battle of Corbridge
19th Feb Corbridge The Covenanters are defeated by the Royalist horse under Newcastle at Corbridge
1644	Battle of Hilton
25th Mar Hilton Covenanters under Leven & Royalists under Newcastle clash but the result is indecisive
1644	Battle of Marston Moor
1st July Marston Moor Reluctant to fight at all but persuades Rupert to postpone the battle 1 day
2nd July Marston Moor Commands the Royalist "whitecoats" but only 30 survive
2nd July Marston Moor Totally defeated Newcastle departs for Hamburg
1644	Council War
10th Nov "if we beat the King 99 x he would be King still, if he beat us we should be hanged"
1644	Exile
Goes into exile after defeat at Marston Moor & loss of the nrth to Parliament
1644	Siege of York
22nd April York Covenanters & Parliament raise the siege of York to destroy Devonshire's army
1665	Peerage
Created Duke of Newcastle, 1st
1665	Restoration
Created Duke & has lands restored
1666	Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Anti-Court & Anti-Romanist Party in the Commons
1673	Death
Death of William Cavendish, the royalist "Loyal Duke"
1689	Succession
London Supports the deposition of James II & the succession of William of Orange
1694	Peerage
Devonshire Created Duke of Devonshire, 1st
Hartington Created Marquis of Hartington