Robert Devereux Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Twelve Peers Petition

Essex joins peers requesting a Parliament after the defeat at Newburn.

Support for Strafford Attainder

Essex supports parliamentary action against Strafford.

Proposed Trained Bands Commander

Essex is proposed as a commander trusted by parliamentary leaders.

Militia Authority under Parliament

Essex supports Parliament's claim to direct armed forces without royal assent.

Role range: 1642-1649

Militia Ordinance

Essex supports implementation of Parliament's Militia Ordinance.

Role range: 1642-1649

Parliamentarian Field Army Commission

Essex receives command of the army Parliament resolves to raise.

Role range: 1642-1649

Occupation of Worcester

Essex's Parliamentarian army occupies Worcester the day after the action at Powick Bridge.

Role range: 1642-1651

Occupation of Worcester

Essex occupies Worcester after the Royalist cavalry withdraws from the area.

Role range: 1642-1649

Parliamentarian Occupation of Worcester

Essex occupies Worcester while the Royalist army gathers in the west.

Role range: 1642-1649

Royalist Army Located near Wormleighton

Essex receives reports locating the King's army before Edgehill.

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Edgehill

Essex fights Charles's army to an inconclusive result at Edgehill.

Role range: 1642-1649

Parliamentarian Army Holds at Edgehill

Essex's infantry resists Royalist attacks and remains on the field after nightfall.

Role range: 1642-1649

Parliamentarian Withdrawal to Warwick

Essex withdraws his army toward Warwick after the Battle of Edgehill.

Role range: 1642-1649

Royalist Army

Essex receives reports locating the Royalist army before Edgehill.

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Turnham Green

Essex blocks the Royalist advance toward London at Turnham Green.

Role range: 1642-1649

Defence of London

Essex mobilises Parliamentarian troops and London militia to defend the capital.

Role range: 1642-1649

London Forces Muster

Essex gathers Parliamentarian troops and London militia after the defeat at Brentford.

Role range: 1642-1649

Brentford Reoccupied

Essex's forces reoccupy Brentford after the Royalist withdrawal.

Role range: 1642-1649

Appointment as Captain-General

Parliament appoints Essex Captain-General of its field army.

Mobilization

Essex assembles Parliament's main field army at Northampton.

Role range: 1642-1649

Capture of Reading

Captures Reading for the Parliamentarians & prevents Charles I from reaching London

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Newbury

Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading. Defeats a Royalist force & is able to move on to Reading

Role range: 1642-1649

Siege of Reading

Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading

Role range: 1642-1649

Capture of Gloucester

Relieves Gloucester for the Parliamentarians

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Lostwithiel

Defeated by Royalists 30 miles west of Plymouth. Charles I marches westwards from Oxford & intercepts Devereux. Charles I captures 8,000 of Devereuxs infantry

Role range: 1642-1649

Result of Surrender of Robert Devereux's Army

Essex's field army in Cornwall is lost, severely weakening the Parliamentarian position in the region.

Role range: 1642-1649

Surrender of Robert Devereux's Army

Forced to surrender his army in Cornwall

Role range: 1642-1649

Resignation of Robert Devereux

Resigns as Commander of the Parliamentary Army after defeat in Cornwall

Role range: 1642-1649

Death of Robert Devereux

Death of Robert Devereux

Role range: 1642-1649

Death of Robert Devereux

Death of the Earl of Essex

Role range: 1642-1649

Resignation of Robert Devereux

Devereux resigns

Role range: 1642-1649