Oliver Cromwell7 May 1645
Charles I and Goring evade Parliamentarian forces and leave Oxford during the campaigning season.
England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Charles I and Goring evade Parliamentarian forces and leave Oxford during the campaigning season.
Siege of Oxford by Fairfax and the New Model Army
Rupert captures and ransacks Leicester in an attempt to draw Fairfax away from Oxford
Marches to Newport Pagnell on his way to besiege Oxford
Establishes quarters around Holton while preparing pressure on the Royalist capital at Oxford.
Cromwell prevents Charles joining forces with Prince Maurice & Prince Rupert
Helps blockade Oxford to prevent Charles I joining forces with Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice.
Oxford is surrendered to Parliament, only Pendennis, Raglan & Harlech remain
Oxford agrees surrender terms with Fairfax, ending the Royalist capital's resistance.
Fairfax receives Oxford's surrender and ends the king's wartime capital.
Surrenders Oxford to Parliament
Oxford capitulates following the final siege of Oxford, and by the end of September 1646 Charles had neither army nor garrison in England, following the surrender of Thomas Blagge at Wallingford Castle after a siege conducted by Fairfax
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