Gesta Britannorum, or, A brief chronologie of the actions and exploits, battails, sieges, conflicts, and other signal and remarkable passages which have happened in these His Majesties dominions from the year of Christ 1600, untill the present, 1663, being the space of 62 complete years / collected by Geo. Wharton.

Anno 1643.

[date 26] SIr Hugh Cholmley de∣clared for the King.

Scarbo••ough delivered by Brown Bushel.

[date 29] Fairfax routed on Bramham moor.

[date Ap. 3.] Burmingham taken for the King.

[date 8] P. Rupert entred Litch∣field with his forces.

[date 16] Essex sate down before Reading.

Litchfield Close sur∣rendred to P. Rupert.

[date 24] King marched from Oxford to Wallingford for relief of Reading.

[date 25] The Skirmish at Ca∣versham bridge.

[date 26] Reading surrendred to Essex.

[date May 3] Cheapside Crosse de∣molished.

[date 6] Fight in M••ddl••••nche∣ny Town-field.

[date 8] Warder castle surren∣dred

to the Parliament.

Monmouth the like.

[date 16] Parliament defeated at Stratton in Devon.

[date 21] Kings forces defeated at Wakefield.

[date 30] Mr. Rob. Yeomans, and

Mr. Geo. Boucher murd. at Bristol.

[date Ju. 5.] Taunton and Bridge∣water deliv. to the Parl.

[date 6] Vow and Covenant taken by the Parl.

[date 15] Tak. throughout Lond.

[date 16] Qu. came to Newark.

[date 18] Fight in Chalgr. field, where Col. Hampden re∣ceived his mort. wound.

[date 2] Howley house taken by Earl of Newcastle.

[date 23] Tamw. castle yielded

[date 24] Col. Hampden dyed.

[date 30] Fight on Addert. heath.

[date Jul.—] Burton upon Trent ta∣ken for the King.

[date 2] Bradford taken.

[date 3] Hallifax deserted by the Parliament.

[date 5] Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Challoner murd.

[date 13] Landsdown-hill fight. K. and Q. met at Edg-h. Round way-down fight

[date 15] Sir John Hotham and his Son brought priso∣ners to London.

[date 24] Brist. besieg. by the K.

Burl. house ta by the P.

[date 27] Bristol surrendred.

[date 30] Gainsbrough rend.

[date Au. 1.] King for Bristol.

[date 2] Dorchester yielded.

[date 9] Portland reduced.

Weymouth and Mel∣come submitted.

[date 10] Glocester besieged by the Kings forces.

[date 16] King to Oxford.

[date 18] Returned to Glocest

[date 28] Beverley taken by the Earl of Newcastle.

[date Sept. 2, 3.] Bidd. Applef. & Barn∣stap. surred. to the K.

[date 3] Exeter taken for the K.

[date 8] Glocest. relie. by Essex. Waller rout. at Winch.

[date 16] Lyn yielded to the Earl of Manchester.

[date 17] Auburn Castle fight.

[date 19] K. to Newbur. & the E. of Essex to Hungerford.

[date 20] Newbury first Battel.

[date 23] King returned to Oxf.

[date] Essex to London.

[date Oct. 6] Dartmouth surrendred to the King.

[date 31] Mar. of Hartford instal∣led Chancellor of Oxf.

[date Nov. 11.] A new counterfeit Great Seal.

[date 21] K. declared against it.

[date 27] Daniel Kniveton murd.

[date De. 4.] Hawarden castle yield∣ed to the King.

[date 8] John Pym dyed.

[date 9] Arundell Castle rend. to the Lord Hopton.

[date 12] Beeston Castle taken for the King.

[date 21] Laply house taken for the King.

[date 25] Grafton house (in N. hamptonshire) taken.

[date 28] Crew house in Chesh. taken for the King.

[date Ja. 3.] Mar Hamilt. sent pri∣soner to Pendennis.

[date 6] Arundell castle yiel∣ded to Sir Will. Waller.

[date 16] Scots entred England.

[date 22] Members of Parlia∣ment assembled at Oxf.

[date Feb. 5] Sir Thomas Byron dyed in Oxford.

[date 9] Sir Thomas Byron bu¦ryed in Christ-Church

[date mar. 2] Scots crossed Tyne.

[date 13] Hopton Castle taken for the King.

[date 18] Warder Castle the like.

[date 22] Newark relieved.

[date 23] Sturton Castle sur∣rendred to the King.