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| 1584 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Ferdinando Fairfax |
| 1612 | Birth | |
| 17th Jan Denton Birth of Thomas Fairfax, Yorkshire, son of a Member of Parliament |
| 1639 | Rebellion | |
| Yorkshire Raises the Yorkshire Redcaps to fight in the Bishop's War for which he is knighted |
| 1639 | Redcaps | |
| Yorkshire Raises a forces called the Yorkshire Redcaps for which he is knighted |
| 1642 | Battle of Seaforth Moor | |
| 2nd April Seaforth Moor Fairfax loses 1000 of his infantry at Seacroft and describes this as his worst ever defeat, with only a few cavalry reaching the safety of his father's main army at Leeds |
| 1642 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the Cavalry in Yorkshire |
| 1642 | Petition Charles I | |
| 3rd June Heyworth Moor Delivers a petition at Heyworth Moor to the King asking him to return to Westminster |
| 1643 | Battle of Adwalton Moor | |
| 30th June Adwalton Moor After the battle of Adwalton Moor the royalists occupy the West Riding of Yorkshire |
| 30th June Adwalton Moor Defeated by the Royalists near Bradford |
| 30th June Adwalton Moor The Parliamentary forces are driven back to Hull |
| 1643 | Battle of Winceby | |
| 10th Oct Winceby Combines with Cromwell & Manchester to check the Governor of Newark |
| 1643 | Capture of Leeds | |
| London Captures Leads for the Parliamentarians |
| 23rd Jan Leeds Captures Leads for the Parliamentarians |
| 1643 | Capture of Newcastle | |
| 16th Oct Newcastle Helps capture Newcastle for the Parliamentarians |
| 1643 | Capture of Wakefield | |
| 21st May Wakefield Captures Wakefield for the Parliamentarians |
| 21st May Wakefield Helps command the Parliamentary foot as Thomas Fairfax captures Wakefield |
| 1643 | Capture of York | |
| 16th July York Helps capture York for the Parliamentarians |
| 1643 | Governor | |
| July Hull Appointed Governor of Hull |
| 1644 | Battle of Marston Moor | |
| 2nd July Marston Moor Commands the right suffering heavy losses from Goring |
| 2nd July Marston Moor Cromwell relieves Fairfax & Parliament is victorious |
| 2nd July Marston Moor Fairfax's horse meets Goring's 1st line & charges them successfully |
| 1644 | Battle of Nantwich | |
| 25th Jan Nantwich Defeats Irish Royalists & local troops who have laid siege to Nantwich |
| 1644 | Battle of Selby | |
| 11th April Selby Defeats the Royalists under Lord Bellasis & captures Selby |
| 11th April York Lord Newcastle's Royalist force of 5,000 is trapped in York |
| 1644 | Governor | |
| July York Appointed Governor of York |
| 1644 | Mobilization | |
| 20th April Tadcaster The Covenanters & Parliament join forces at Tadcaster |
| 1644 | Siege of York | |
| 22nd April York Begins the siege where Newcastle is stranded with 5,000 men but is relieved by Rupert |
| 4th July York Resumes the siege of York after victory at Marston Moor |
| 1645 | Battle of Borough Hill | |
| 12th June Borough Hill Initial contact between Fairfax and the King's army at Borough Hill |
| 1645 | Battle of Langport | |
| 10th July Langport Fairfax boldly attacks Goring's strong defences at the battle of Langport |
| 1645 | Battle of Naseby | |
| 14th June Naseby A decisive victory over the royalists |
| 14th June Naseby Leaves Guilsborough in the early hours & by sunrise the Army is ready on Naseby Bridge |
| 14th June Naseby With Cromwell's help defeats Charles ' force of 7,500 |
| 1645 | Captain | |
| Appointed Captain-General of the New Model Army |
| 1645 | Capture of Bridgwater | |
| 23rd July Bridgwater Fairfax takes Bridgwater |
| 1645 | Capture of Bristol | |
| 10th Sep Bristol Prince Rupert surrenders Bristol to Parliament under Fairfax |
| 1645 | Capture of Dorchester | |
| 3rd July Dorchester Fairfax meets the Clubmen of Dorset and Wiltshire at Dorchester |
| 1645 | Capture of Gainsborough | |
| 13th June Gainsborough Leads his main force into Gainsborough while his main scouts enter Naseby |
| 1645 | Capture of Leicester | |
| 5th June Leicester After Royalists take Leicester Fairfax is ordered nth |
| 18th June Leicester Fairfax takes back Leicester |
| 1645 | Capture of Sherborne Castle | |
| 14th Aug Sherborne Castle Fairfax assaults and captures Sherborne Castle |
| 1645 | Mobilization | |
| 30th April Windsor Marches out from Windsor prior to the Battle of Naseby |
| 7th May Blandford Reaches Blandford & detaches 6 regiments for the relief of Taunton |
| 19th May Nuneham Arrives at Nuneham near Oxford & is joined by Cromwell |
| 7th June Newport Pagnell Fairfax arrives at Newport Pagnell where is joined by Vermuyden & his 2,500 horse |
| 12th June Cromwell joins forces with Fairfax & Parliament has an Army of more than 13,000 men |
| 12th June Kislinbury Fairfax arrives 12 miles from where Charles is at Daventry to the latter's surprise |
| 1645 | New Model Army | |
| Becomes the 1st Commander of the New Model Army |
| Organised into 12 infantry & 11 cavalry regiments & 1 dragoon regiment |
| 1645 | Siege of Bridgwater | |
| 23rd July Bridgwater Fairfax takes Bridgwater |
| 1645 | Siege of Bristol | |
| 23rd Aug Bristol Siege of Bristol by Fairfax begins |
| 1645 | Siege of Leicester | |
| 30th May Leicester Rupert captures and ransacks Leicester in an attempt to draw Fairfax away from Oxford. |
| 1645 | Siege of Oxford | |
| 22nd May Oxford Siege of Oxford by Fairfax and the New Model Army |
| 30th May Oxford Rupert captures and ransacks Leicester in an attempt to draw Fairfax away from Oxford. |
| 5th June Oxford Marches to Newport Pagnell on his way to besiege Oxford |
| 1645 | Siege of Sherborne Castle | |
| 14th Aug Sherborne Castle Fairfax assaults and captures Sherborne Castle |
| 1646 | Battle of Langport | |
| 10th July Langport Commands the New Model Army to victory over Goring, a final blow to the Royalist cause |
| 1646 | Capture of Dartmouth | |
| Dartmouth Captures Dartmouth |
| Dartmouth Discovers letters from the Queen enlisting French support |
| 1646 | Surrender | |
| 13th Mar London Hopton agrees surrender terms to Fairfax as Truro is captured from the Royalists |
| 1647 | Capture of Exeter | |
| 13th April Exeter Captures the garrison ar Exeter & Princess Henrietta becomes a prisoner of Parliament |
| 1647 | Capture of Torrington | |
| 16th Feb Torrington Captures Torrington from the Royalists |
| 1647 | Treaty of Peace | |
| 13th Mar Signs a peace treaty with Lord Ralph Hopton who agrees to disband his forces |
| 1648 | Death | |
| Death of Ferdinando Fairfax |
| 1648 | Parliament | |
| 6th Dec London Attempts to form a provisional government around the Independent Members of Parliament |
| 7th Dec London Opposes Colonel Thomas Pride's purge of Parliament |
| 1649 | Arrest | |
| 2nd Dec Hurst Castle Orders Charles I to be transferred to Hurst Castle |
| 2nd Dec Hurst Orders Charles I to be transferred to Hurst Castle |
| 1649 | Constitution | |
| 15th Nov Calls for the trial of the King, the abolition of the Army |
| 15th Nov Cals for the adoption of the Leveller programme |
| 1649 | Remonstrance Army | |
| 15th Nov Introduces the Remonstrance of the Army to Parliament |
| 1649 | Trial | |
| 1st Jan London Parliament passes an Ordinance setting up a High Court of Justice to try Charles I |
| 1650 | Resignation | |
| Resigns as Commander of the New Model Army |
| 1658 | Restoration | |
| Supports the restoration of a constitutional monarchy |
| 1671 | Death | |
| Death of Thomas Fairfax |
