Irish Government Instructions
Charles ordered that Wentworth's administrative conditions be entered in the council book.
Role range: 1625-1649
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Charles I Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles I through 166 dated historical records for England.
Charles I, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
166Distinct records
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1632–1640Years on this page
1632
1640
Short Parliament Summoned
Charles issues the summons for a Parliament to meet in April.
Role range: 1625-1649
First Parliament in Eleven Years
Charles addresses his first English Parliament since dissolving Parliament in 1629.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Opening Address
Charles asks both Houses to provide rapid financial support against Scotland.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Opens
Charles summons Parliament after eleven years to seek funds for war against the Covenanters.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Recalled
Charles ends eleven years of Personal Rule by meeting the Short Parliament.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Seeks War Funds
The King asks the Commons to finance military operations against the Scottish Covenanters.
Role range: 1625-1649
Commons Refuses Immediate Supply
The Commons insists that grievances must be addressed before voting money for war.
Role range: 1625-1649
Pym Challenges War Policy
Pym links the Commons refusal of supply to abuses committed during Personal Rule.
Role range: 1625-1649
Warning to Commons
Charles presses the Commons to decide quickly whether it will grant subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
Decision to Dissolve Short Parliament
Charles decides that continuing debate will not produce the requested subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Dissolved
Charles dissolves the Short Parliament after the Commons refuses immediate war subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
War Finance Parliament Dissolved
Charles dissolves Parliament after failing to obtain money for the renewed Scottish war.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Parliament Session Begins
The Scottish Parliament begins its second session amid constitutional conflict with Charles.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Constitutional Challenge
Scottish legislation proceeds without the King’s assent during the constitutional confrontation.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliamentary Acts
The Scottish Parliament asserts that its measures may become law without royal assent.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliamentary Session Ends
The second Scottish parliamentary session ends after challenging royal authority.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliament Resumes
A further Scottish parliamentary session begins without normal royal direction.
Role range: 1625-1649
Army Assembles at York
Charles concentrates poorly supplied English forces in northern England.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
King Travels North
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Invasion of England
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Battle of Newburn
Scottish Covenanters defeat the English army at Newburn.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Battle of Newburn
The Covenanter army defeats English forces attempting to defend the River Tyne crossings.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Capture of Newcastle
Scottish forces occupy Newcastle after victory at Newburn.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Capture of Newcastle
The Scottish Covenanter army occupies Newcastle after the English defeat at Newburn.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Covenanter Entry into Newcastle
The city admits the Covenanter army after English commanders withdraw.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
English Army Retreats to York
Charles’s defeated northern army withdraws toward York after abandoning Newcastle.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Army Enters Durham
Scottish troops extend their occupation southward into County Durham.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Long Parliament Announced
Charles announces that a new Parliament will meet in November.
Role range: 1625-1649
Peers Recommend Parliament
The Great Council advises Charles to summon Parliament and continue peace negotiations.
Role range: 1625-1649
Great Council of Peers
Charles convenes a Great Council of Peers after military defeat in the north.
Role range: 1625-1649
Great Council at York
Charles asks assembled peers for advice following the Scottish invasion.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Advance to Durham
The Scottish army advances beyond Newcastle and occupies parts of Durham.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Negotiations with Covenanters
Charles authorises negotiations with Scottish commissioners after the English military collapse.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Ripon Negotiations Open
English and Scottish commissioners begin formal negotiations at Ripon.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Maintenance Payments Accepted
Charles accepts daily payments supporting the occupying Scottish army.
Role range: 1625-1649
Durham Retained by Scots
Scottish forces retain Durham as security until a final peace settlement.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Northumberland Retained by Scots
The treaty leaves Scottish forces occupying Northumberland while negotiations continue.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Ripon Settlement Ends Fighting
The treaty suspends the Second Bishops War and establishes temporary occupation arrangements.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Army Quartered in Durham
The Ripon settlement allows Scottish forces to remain quartered in County Durham.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Records, sources and methodology
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