Arrest of Charles I
Parliament pays a 400,000 pounds ransom to Charles Scottish captors
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1647 in England
Explore 186 historical events and records for England in 1647.
Historical records for England in 1647
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January
Arrest of Thomas Fairfax
Charles I is deliverred by the Scots to the commissioners of Parliament, Fairfax meets the King beyond Nottingham, and accompanies him during the journey to Holdenby
February
Capture of Torrington
Captures Torrington from the Royalists
March
Peace
Driven back to Truro, Hopton offers peace terms with the Parliamentary forces
Peace Treaty
Signs a peace Treaty with Lord Ralph Hopton who agrees to disband his forces
Peace Treaty
Signs a peace Treaty with Fairfax in Truro
Peerage
Makes the Earl of Glamorgan Duke of Somerset
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Astley takes up a defensive position on a hillside below Stow-on-the-Wold
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Attempts to transfer forces from Wales to Oxford but is defeated by Morgan & Brereton. Astley is forced to surrender himself to the Parliamentarians
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Intercepts Lord Astley & stops him marching from Wales to join Charles I in Oxford
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Taken prisoner during the royalist defeat
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Intercepts Lord Astley & stops him marching from Wales to join Charles I in Oxford
April
Alliance Charles I and the Scots
Sends Montreuil to Newark to prepare the Scots for his reception
Covenanters
The French send Montreuil to Scotland to negotiate peace with the Covenanters
Peace
The French send Montreuil to Scotland to negotiate peace with the Covenanters
Arrest of Princess Henrietta
Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
Arrest of Princess Henrietta
Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
Capture of Exeter
Captures the garrison ar Exeter & Princess Henrietta becomes a prisoner of Parliament
Result of Surrender of John Berkley and Princess Henrietta
The surrender ends Royalist resistance in the west and places Princess Henrietta in Parliamentarian hands.
Result of Surrender of John Berkley at Exeter
The surrender at Exeter allows Fairfax to declare the western campaign effectively finished.
Surrender of John Berkley and Princess Henrietta
John Berkley surrenders & surrenders Princes Henrietta to Parliament. John Berkley surrenders & ends the war in the west
Surrender of John Berkley at Exeter
Surrenders at Exeter, Fairfax declares that the Western War is over
May
Army Grievances
Ireton helps turn the soldiers' complaints over pay, indemnity and disbandment into a coordinated Army political programme.
June
Arrest of Charles I
Taken prisoner by the Army from Holmby House in Northamptonshire
Agitators
Allen acts among the Agitators as elected soldier representatives help bind the Army to the Solemn Engagement against disbandment on Parliament's terms
Agitators
Sexby is associated with the soldier representatives who press the Army's grievances as the New Model Army refuses disbandment until arrears, indemnity and political safeguards are secured
Army Council
Cromwell is associated with the Army leadership as officers and Agitators commit the Army not to disband until soldiers' pay, indemnity and political security are addressed
Army Council
The Army Council supports the Solemn Engagement of the Army, drawn up because Parliament seeks to disband the New Model Army before settling arrears, indemnity and the soldiers' grievances
Grandees
Cromwell acts among the Army Grandees as the New Model Army refuses disbandment on Parliament's terms and insists that the soldiers' political and military grievances must be settled
Grandees
Fairfax stands at the head of the New Model Army Grandees as officers and Agitators adopt the Solemn Engagement, resisting parliamentary disbandment until soldiers' arrears, indemnity and grievances are secured
Solemn Engagement
Ireton supports the Army's Solemn Engagement, binding the soldiers together against disbandment before their grievances are settled.
Army Council
Joyce's seizure of Charles I strengthens the Army Council's position by placing the King under Army control during the dispute with Parliament over the postwar settlement
Army Council
Ireton helps shape the Army's political position as the Army Council issues a declaration explaining why the soldiers will not submit to disbandment on Parliament's terms
Army Council
Sexby represents rank-and-file pressure within the Army Council, where Agitators insist that the Army's grievances must be treated as matters of public justice rather than mutiny
July
Grandees
Ireton helps shape the Grandees' moderate constitutional programme, drafting the Heads of the Proposals to secure limited monarchy, parliamentary reform and protection for the Army
Grandees
Lambert works with Ireton and the senior officers on the Heads of the Proposals, giving the Grandees an alternative settlement to both Parliament's Newcastle Propositions and Leveller radicalism
Heads of the Proposals
Ireton presents a draft settlement to the General Council of the Army, seeking a constitutional agreement after the First Civil War that would limit monarchy while avoiding the harsher Newcastle Propositions
Heads of the Proposals
Lambert helps shape the Army's proposed settlement, working with Ireton on terms intended to reconcile King, Parliament and Army after the defeat of Charles I
Heads of the Proposals
Petty takes part in the wider radical pressure around the Army Council, seeking stronger constitutional guarantees than those finally contained in the Heads of the Proposals
Heads of the Proposals
Walwyn is connected with the radical civilian circle consulted during the Army's settlement discussions, but the resulting Heads fall short of Leveller demands for popular sovereignty
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