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| 1373 | Birth |  |
| Birth of John Beaufort
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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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| 1404 | Birth | |
| 25th Mar Birth of John Beaufort
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| 1404 | Constable | |
| Appointed Constable of England
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| 1410 | Death | |
| 16th Mar Death of John Beaufort
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| 1448 | Peerage | |
| Created Marquis of Dorset, 3rd
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| 1455 | Peerage | |
| Somerset Created Duke of Somerset, 3rd
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| 1459 | Captain | |
| Calais Appointed Captain of Calais
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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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| 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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| 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, 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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