Parliament
Following his Treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I
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1648 in England
Explore 65 historical events and records for England in 1648.
Historical records for England in 1648
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January
Treaty of Scotland
Following his Treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I
May
Naval Command
Rainsborough receives naval command as Parliament confronts unrest and Royalist sympathy within sections of the fleet.
Northern Royalist Campaign
Lambert commands Parliamentarian forces against renewed Royalist resistance in northern England during the Second Civil War.
June
Battle of Maidstone
Fairfax defeats Royalist insurgents at Maidstone during the Second Civil War and breaks the main Kentish rising.
July
Recapture of Appleby Castle
Lambert recaptures Appleby Castle while containing northern Royalist forces before the Scottish Engager invasion.
August
Battle of Preston
Cromwell attacks the Scottish Engager army near Preston and begins the three-day campaign that destroys the invasion supporting Charles I.
Battle of Preston
Cromwell defeats the Engager army and breaks the main Royalist threat in the Second Civil War.
Battle of Preston
As a cavalry Commander serving under Cromwell defeats the Scottish-Royalists
Battle of Preston
Lambert cooperates with Cromwell as Parliamentarian forces defeat the Engagers near Preston.
Battle of Preston
The Scots are driven off by a charge of pikemen under Colonels Thomas Pride and Richard Dean
Battle of Preston
A small tributary of the Ribble, causes the poet John Milton later to write of "Darwens stream with blood of Scots imbued"
Battle of Preston
The Scots are driven off by a charge of pikemen under Colonels Thomas Pride and Richard Dean
Battle of Winwick Pass
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
Pursuit after Preston
Lambert leads the pursuit of the defeated Engager army south from Preston as Parliamentarian forces break the invasion apart.
Royalist Army
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
Death of Herbert
Death of Edward Herbert
Court Martial at Colchester
Lucas is condemned after Colchester's surrender for returning to arms despite an earlier undertaking not to fight Parliament again.
Execution
Lucas is executed after Colchester's surrender as Parliament punishes renewed Royalist resistance.
Siege of Colchester
Fairfax receives the surrender of Colchester after a hard Royalist siege during the Second Civil War.
Surrender of Colchester
Lucas surrenders with the Royalist garrison after the long siege of Colchester ends following the defeat at Preston.
September
Levellers
Walwyn is associated with the London Leveller leadership as supporters present a major petition to Parliament demanding political and legal reforms grounded in popular liberties
Petition
Leveller supporters present a large London petition to Parliament demanding reforms associated with the Agreement of the People
October
Death at Doncaster
Royalist raiders kill Rainsborough at Doncaster while he is serving with Parliament's northern forces.
Levellers
Rainsborough is killed at Doncaster after becoming identified with the Leveller cause, and his funeral later becomes a large Leveller demonstration in London
Levellers
Thomas Rainsborough is killed in Doncaster; he was a Member of Parliament and Leveller sympathiser who had spoken at the Putney Debates, and his funeral later becomes a large Leveller-led demonstration in London
Command Ordered to Pontefract
Rainsborough is ordered north to take command around the Royalist stronghold of Pontefract during renewed resistance.
November
Army Remonstrance
Ireton helps shape the Army Remonstrance demanding justice against Charles I after the renewed fighting of the Second Civil War.
Funeral
Rainsborough's funeral becomes a mass Leveller demonstration in London, with supporters using sea-green ribbons as political symbols
December
Arrest of Charles I
The Army siezes Charles I
Arrest of Members of Parliament
Pride's troops arrest dozens of MPs during the purge that leaves the reduced House later known as the Rump Parliament.
Constitution of England
Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament
Dissolution of Parliament
Attempts to form a provisional Government around the Independent Members of Parliament
Long Parliament
Divisions emerge culminating in Prides Purge when, under the orders of Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law Henry Ireton, Colonel Pride physically bars about half of the members of Parliament from taking their seats
Long Parliament
Divisions emerge culminating in Prides Purge when, under the orders of Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law Henry Ireton, Colonel Pride physically bars about half of the members of Parliament from taking their seats
Parliament
Opposes Colonel Thomas Prides purge of Parliament
Parliament
Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament
Pride's Purge
Pride excludes MPs considered hostile to the army and clears the way for the king's trial.
Pride's Purge
Pride stations soldiers outside the Commons and begins excluding members considered likely to continue negotiations with Charles I.
Prides Purge
Divisions emerge culminating in Prides Purge when, under the orders of Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law Henry Ireton, Colonel Pride physically bars about half of the members of Parliament from taking their seats
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