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1650-1659 Battle of Worcester and the Protectorate is in 17th Century Events.
3rd September 1650. The Battle of Dunbar was fought between the English New Model Army, under Oliver Cromwell and a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie, on 3 September 1650 near Dunbar, Scotland. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for the English.
The prisoners were taken to England and 3,000 were imprisoned at Durham Cathedral; many died on the march south, or in captivity.
On 1st January 1651 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland was crowned II King Scotland at Scone Abbey.
On 27th April 1650 the Battle of Carbisdale was fought between the Scottish Royalists commanded by James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose and an army of the Scottish government. The Scottish government army was victorious.
On 21st May 1650 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose was hanged at Edinburgh following his capture at the Battle of Carbisdale. His body was dismembered following his death. James Graham 2nd Marquess Montrose succeeded 2nd Marquess Montrose.
In 1651 Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton was captured by the English and excluded from Cromwell's Act of Grace.
Between September 1651 and November 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby and executed by firing squad at Hango Hill on 2nd January 1663.
On 3rd September 1651 at Worcester, Worcestershire the Battle of Worcester Oliver Cromwell commanded the Parliamentary army with Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle. In the Royalist army Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, Thomas Blagge and Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll fought. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland was captured. Giles Strangeways provided 300 gold pieces to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland following his defeat to aid his escape.
Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet fought for the Royalists, was captured and spent 17 months imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet fought for th Royalists.
On 12th September 1651 William Hamilton 2nd Duke Hamilton died from wounds received at the Battle of Worcester. Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton, daughter of the 1st Duke, succeeded 3rd Duchess Hamilton. Earl Cambridge, Baron Innerdale extinct.
John Evelyn's Diary. 29th October 1651. Came news and letters to the Queen and Sir Richard Browne (who was the first that had intelligence of it) of his Majesty's miraculous escape after the fight at Worcester; which exceedingly rejoiced us.
Between September 1651 and November 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby and executed by firing squad at Hango Hill on 2nd January 1663.
In September 1652 Peyton Carteret and Maurice Palatinate Simmern drowned in the Virgin Islands Caribbean when HMS Defiance sank.
In 1653 Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester was elected MP Kent during the Barebones Parliament.
In 1653 Colonel Thomas Blount was elected MP Kent in the Barebones Parliament.
The Three Days' Battle aka Battle of Portland took place between 18 and 20th February 1653. The English fleet was attacked by the Dutch fleet.
Vice-Admiral William Goodson captained the Entrance.
On 16th December 1653 Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector.
In 1654 John Wray 3rd Baronet was elected MP Lincolnshire during the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 Robert Pye was elected MP Berkshire during the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 John Glynne was elected MP Caernarfonshire during the First Protectorate Parliament.
In September 1654 William Pierrepont of Thoresby was elected MP Nottinghamshire during the First Protectorate Parliament.
On 3rd September 1654 William Wray 1st Baronet was elected MP Grimsby during the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 John Bernard 2nd Baronet was elected MP Huntingdon in the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 Francis Bacon was elected MP Ipswich in the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 John Hobart 3rd Baronet was elected MP Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament.
In March 1655 Andrew Newport was imprisoned for supporting the King. during the Penruddock Uprising.
On 25th March 1655 Christian Huygens discovered Saturn's moon Titan; he named it Luna Saturni, literally Moon of Saturn, using a 2 inch telescope he and his brother had constructed in Feb 1656. It was the sixth moon discovered, the first being the Earth's moon, and the second to fifth, being the moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in Mar 1610.
In May 1655 the English under Admiral William Penn captured Jamaica. Vice-Admiral William Goodson was present.
In 1656 William Wray 1st Baronet was elected MP Grimsby during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet was elected MP Somerset during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew was elected MP Northamptonshire during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
Francis Bacon was elected MP Ipswich in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
In 1656 John Hobart 3rd Baronet was elected MP Norfolk in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
In 1656 John Bernard 2nd Baronet was elected MP Huntingdon in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
On 2nd April 1656 the Treaty of Brussels agreeing mutual support between England (Royal) and Spain was signed by Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester and James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde on behalf of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland, and Alonso Cárdenas on behalf of Philip IV King Spain.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st May 1658. I went to visit my Lady Peterborough, whose son, Mr. Mordaunt, prisoner in the Tower, was now on his trial, and acquitted but by one voice; but that holy martyr, Dr. Hewer, was condemned to die without law, jury, or justice, but by a mock Council of State, as they called it. A dangerous, treacherous time!
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th June 1658. That excellent preacher and holy man, Dr. Hewer, was martyred for having intelligence with his Majesty, through the Lord Marquis of Ormond.
On 14th June 1658 the French and English Commonwealth armies were victorious over the Spanish and English Royalist armies at the Battle of the Dunes near Dunkirk. Vice-Admiral William Goodson took part.
John Evelyn's Diary. Death and Funeral of Oliver Cromwell3rd September 1658. Died that arch-rebel, Oliver Cromwell, called Protector.
On 3rd September 1658 Oliver Cromwell died at Whitehall Palace. Richard Cromwell Lord Protector succeeded Lord Protector.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd October 1658. Saw the superb funeral of the protector. He was carried from Somerset House in a velvet bed of state, drawn by six horses, housed with the same; the pall held by his new lords; Oliver lying in effigy, in royal robes, and crowned with a crown, sceptre, and globe, like a king. The pendants and guidons were carried by the officers of the army; the imperial banners, achievements, etc., by the heralds in their coats; a rich caparisoned horse, embroidered all over with gold; a knight of honor, armed cap-a-pie, and, after all, his guards, soldiers, and innumerable mourners. In this equipage, they proceeded to Westminster: but it was the most joyful funeral I ever saw; for there were none that cried but dogs, which the soldiers hooted away with a barbarous noise, drinking and taking tobacco in the streets as they went.
On 25th May 1659 Richard Cromwell Lord Protector resigned as Lord Protector.
In August 1659 Booth's Uprising was a unsuccessful Cheshire rebellion led by George Booth 1st Baron Delamer to restore King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland to throne as part of a national uprising led by John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt. Its supprters included John Owen.
John Marlay was briefly imprisoned suspected of surporting the uprising.
On 19th August 1659 the Battle of Winnington Bridge was fought between the 5000 strong Parliamentary Army of General John Lambert and the 4000 strong Royalist army led by George Booth 1st Baron Delamer.
Brothers Piers Legh and Thomas Leigh fought. Thomas Leigh was killed.
Edward Morgan of Golden Grove was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.