Robert Devereux Essex, 3rd23 October 1642
Essex receives reports locating the Royalist army before Edgehill.
England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Essex receives reports locating the Royalist army before Edgehill.
Commands a Royalist Army, Charles I is defeated
Commands a Royalist Army, Charles I is defeated
Commands a Royalist Army, Charles I is defeated
Surrenders the last Royalist Army to William Brereton
Fighting in the fields outside the town of Preston, the English Parliamentarian forces of Oliver Cromwell inflict a major reverse on the Anglo-Scottish Royalist army of the Duke of Hamilton
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