Timeline 1643 (Julian dates have been adjusted to modern time frame) (Early January) Colonel Ruthven bombards Saltash on the Cornish side of the River Tamar but is unable to capture the town January 2 Petition from the Common Council of the City of London presented to the King at Oxford requesting his return to Westminster…
Timeline 1642 (Julian dates have been adjusted to modern time frame) Although the depositions of 1641 have since been proven exaggerated at best or, at worst, false – they were designed to provoke a sensational response from the Parliament in London. By 1642, Owen Roe O’Neill had reigned in the worst sectarian elements in Ulster…
Timeline 1641 (Julian dates have been adjusted to modern time frame) The key events of 1641 were: The Trial and execution of Strafford Imprisonment of Archbishop Laud The Triennial Act The Irish Uprising The Grand Remonstrance From an Irish perspective, the key figure was James FitzThomas Butler, then 12th Earl of Ormond and Commander of the…
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