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| 1373 | Birth |  |
| Birth of John Beaufort
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| 1377 | Birth | |
| Jan Birth of Thomas de Beaufort, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
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| 1396 | Legitimacy Beaufort | |
| Thomas de Beaufort is legitimized
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| 1397 | Honours | |
| Made Knight of the Garter
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| 1397 | Marriage | |
| 28th Sep Marries Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
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| 1397 | Peerage | |
| 10th Feb Created Earl of Somerset, 1st
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| 29th Sep Created Marquess of Somerset and Dorset
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| 1398 | Bishop | |
| Lincoln Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
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| 1401 | Birth | |
| 26th Nov Birth of Henry Beaufort
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| 1403 | Admiral | |
| London Appointed Admiral of the Fleet in the North
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| 1403 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 1st term
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| 1403 | Marriage | |
| Jan Marries Lady Margaret de Neville, daughter of Thomas de Neville
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| 1404 | Birth | |
| 25th Mar Birth of John Beaufort
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| 1404 | Bishop | |
| Winchester Appointed Bishop of Winchester
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| 1404 | Constable | |
| Appointed Constable of England
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| 1405 | Rebellion | |
| London Commands Henry V's army against the rebels in the North of England
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| 1407 | Captain | |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais
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| 1410 | Death | |
| 16th Mar Death of John Beaufort
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| 1410 | Lieutenant | |
| Aquitaine Appointed Chancellor
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| 1410 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor, 2nd term
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| 1411 | Peerage | |
| 5th Nov Created Earl of Dorset
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| 1412 | Peerage | |
| Exeter Created Duke of Beaufort
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| 1413 | Lieutenant | |
| Aquitaine Appointed Lieutenant of Aquitaine
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| 1413 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 2nd term
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| 1416 | Lieutenant | |
| Normandy Appointed Lieutenant of Normandy
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| 1416 | Peerage | |
| 18th Nov Created 1st Duke of Exeter
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| 1417 | Council Constance | |
| Constance Attends the Council of Constance & elects the Pope Martin V
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| 1418 | Peerage | |
| 1st July Created Count of Harcourt
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| 1st July Created Lord of Lillebonne
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| 1424 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of England, 3rd term
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| 1426 | Burial | |
| Bury Edmonds Buried at Bury St. Edmonds Abbey, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
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| 1426 | Death | |
| 27th Dec Greenwich Death of Thomas de Beaufort
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| 1427 | Cardinal | |
| London Appointed Cardinal
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| 1427 | Papal Legate | |
| Appointed Papal Legate in Germany to organize a crusade against the Hussites
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| 1431 | Coronation | |
| Westminster Abbey Crowns Henry VI as King of France
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| 1440 | Capture | |
| Harfleur Recaptures Harfleur
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| 1442 | Siege of Calais | |
| Calais Relieves the siege of Calais
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| 1442 | Siege of Harfleur | |
| Calais Comes to the relief of Calais
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| 1443 | Birth | |
| London Born the daughter of John, 1st Duke of Somerset
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| 1448 | Lieutenant | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant of France
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| 1448 | Peerage | |
| Created Duke of Somerset, 2nd
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| Created Earl of Somerset, 5th
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| Created Marquis of Dorset, 3rd
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| 1449 | Capture | |
| London Withdraws to Caen as the French recapture Anjou, Maine & Normandy
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| 1453 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Henry V becomes insane & without his protector Somerset is locked up
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| 1454 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower after Henry VI regains his sanity
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| 1455 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower of London by Henry VI
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| 1455 | Marriage | |
| Marries Edmund Tudor the Earl of Richmond
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| 1455 | Peerage | |
| Somerset Created Duke of Somerset, 3rd
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| 1457 | Birth | |
| London Birth of Henry VII, son of Margaret Beaufort
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| 1459 | Captain | |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais
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| Nov Calais Appointed Captain of Calais
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| 1459 | Siege of Calais | |
| Nov Calais Arrives to take Calais away from the Earl of Warwick who holds it for the Yorkists
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| Nov Calais Some of Somerset's forces are forced by bad weather to surrender to Warwick
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| 1460 | Battle of Wakefield | |
| 21st Dec Wakefield Helps defeat the Yorkists when they sail from Sandal castle
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| 1460 | Commander | |
| July Appointed Commander of the Lancastrian Army by Queen Elizabeth
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| 1460 | Siege of Calais | |
| Jan Calais Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements
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| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd | |
| 17th Feb St Albans Helps defeat the Yorkists
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| 1461 | Battle of Towton Moor | |
| 29th Mar Towton Moor Commander of defeated Lancastrian forces at the battle of Towton Moor, only 24 yrs old
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| 1461 | Exile | |
| London Exiled for supporting Henry VI after the accession of Edward IV
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| 1461 | Mobilization | |
| Jan York Queen Margaret & Somerset march southwards from York
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| 1462 | Siege of Banburgh | |
| Banburgh Holds Banburgh Castle against Edward IV, 1462-1463
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| 1463 | Peerage | |
| Created Duke of Somerset, 3rd for a 2nd time
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| 1463 | Siege of Banburgh | |
| Banburgh Surrenders to Edward IV for an annual pension of 1,000 marks, this is never paid
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| 1464 | Battle of Hedgley Moor | |
| 25th April Hedgley Moor Somerset has to escape from the rout
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| 1464 | Battle of Hexham | |
| 15th May Hexham Forced to surrender to Lord Montagu & immediately beheaded
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| 1464 | Death | |
| 15th May Hexham Death of Henry Beaufort
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| 15th May Hexham Death of Henry Beaufort, executed
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| 1464 | Execution | |
| 15th May Hexham Captured & executed at Hexham, virtually putting an end to Lancastrian resistance
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| 1464 | Invasion of England | |
| Makes unsuccesful raids into northern England from Scotland, defeated by John Neville
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| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury | |
| 4th May Tewkesbury Captured in battle by the Yorkists
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| 1471 | Commander | |
| Appointed highest ranking noble in Lancastrian army
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| 1471 | Death | |
| 6th May London Death of Edmund Beaufort, beheaded by the Yorkists
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| 1471 | Execution | |
| 6th May London Beheaded by the Yorkists
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| 1483 | Coronation | |
| 6th July Westminster Abbey Carries Queen Anne's train at Richard III's coronation
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| 1629 | Birth | |
| Birth of Henry Beaufort
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| 1657 | Marriage | |
| Marries Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Lord Capell
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| 1660 | Election | |
| Monmouthshire Elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
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| 1663 | Peerage | |
| Worcester Created 3rd Marquess of Worcester
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| 1667 | Peerage | |
| Created 9th Lord Herbert
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| 1672 | Privy Council | |
| 17th April Appointed Privy Counsellor
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| 1682 | Peerage | |
| 2nd Dec Created 1st Duke of Beaufort
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| 1699 | Death | |
| 21st Jan Death of Henry Beaufort
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