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| Alliance Graham, James |  |
| Oct Charles I turns to Montrose for support who wins most of Scotland for the Royalists |
| Battle of Beacon Hill Henderson, John | |
| 27th Feb Beacon Hill Fights Ballard in an attempt to prevent the Roundheads from capturing Newark |
| Battle of Winceby Henderson, John | |
| 10th Oct Winceby Defeated by Cromwell, Fairfax & Manchester, fails to relieve Bolingbroke Castle |
| Capture of Berwick Leslie, Alexander | |
| 20th Sep Berwick The Covenanters capture Berwick |
| Commissioner Solemn League Maitland | |
| Appointed Commissioner of the Solemn League & Covenant |
| Convention Estates Charles I | |
| Edinburgh Allies the General Assembly & the Convention of Estates against Charles I |
| Covenanters Leslie, Alexander | |
| 16th Sep Leith Links The Covenanter Army gathers at Leith Links |
| Dragoons Leslie, Alexander | |
| A new Horse Regiment, the dragoons travel by horse, fight on foot & use muskets |
| Exile of Hamilton Hamilton, James | |
| Dec Refuses to take the Solomn League & Covenant so is forced to flee into England |
| Lord General Leslie, Alexander | |
| 26th Aug Appointed Lord-General of the Covenanter Army |
| Major Leslie, Alexander | |
| Appointed Major-General of the Covenanter Army |
| Mobilization Maitland | |
| 28th July Edinburgh The Convention orders the raising of the "Levied Regiment" & 3 troops of horse |
| Aug Edinburgh The Convention gives a 48 hr notice to defend "the true protestant religion" |
| Peerage Hamilton, James | |
| 12th April Hamilton Created the Duke of Hamilton for neutralizing the Covenantors |
| Siege of Berwick Leslie, Alexander | |
| 20th Sep Berwick The Covenanters capture Berwick |
| Siege of Bolingbroke Castle Henderson, John | |
| 10th Oct Bolingbroke Castle Defeated by Cromwell, Fairfax & Manchester, fails to relieve Bolingbroke Castle |
| Siege of Newark Henderson, John | |
| 28th Feb Newark Prevents Parliament from capturing Newark |
| Siege of York Henderson, John | |
| Jan York Left to hold York by Newcastle |
| Solemn League Maitland | |
| Appointed Commissioner of the Solemn League & Covenant |
| Solomn League & Covenant Hamilton, James | |
| Dec Refuses to take the Solomn League & Covenant so is forced to flee into England |
| Treaty of Solemn League Maitland | |
| Edinburgh Allies the General Assembly & the Convention of Estates against Charles I |
| Edinburgh Signed between members of the General Assembly & the Convention of Estates |
| Edinburgh The signatories insist upon the establishment of Presbyterianism in England |
