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Goring (Lord)

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Lord Goring was a Royalist military general on the side of King Charles I.

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Charles (I, King of England and Scotland 1625-1649)

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1645	Mar	Cromwell rejoins his army
		The west of England was under attack from the Royalist Western army commanded by Goring. The New Model Army was not ready and so Parliament ordered Cromwell to rejoin his regiment and to meet up with Waller. This went against the Self-Denying Ordinance under which Cromwell should have given up his command, but without his leadership Cromwell's regiment had become ill disciplined and mutinous. This was reversed when he again took command.¹
	Jul 10	Battle of Langport
		Fairfax went to the south west to deal with the Royalist Lord Goring and the western army. The two armies met at Langport in Somerset. Goring set a trap for Fairfax in the narrow lanes of the countryside with musketeers hidden in the hedges lining the lanes. He also had two cannons positioned to fire down the lane on the attackers. This did not stop the powerful New Model Army whose own guns silenced the Royalist cannons. The Royalist cavalry were forced back leaving the musketeers exposed and picked off by their Parliamentary opposites. The royalists set fire to Langport and began retreating to Bridgwater with the Parliamentarians in pursuit, led by Cromwell and his Ironsides. ¹

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Graham, James (Marquis of Montrose)

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James Graham was appointed lieutenant general in Scotland by Charles I and fought on the Royalist side during the English Civil War. James Graham was the only son of John the fourth Lord Graham and his wife Lady Margaret Ruthven and was born in the town of Montrose in Scotland. James went to St. Salvator's College at university at St. Andrews where he excelled at sports including golf, archery, hawking and horsemanship. In 1629 James married the youngest daughter of Lord Carnegie. Magdalen and James were married on November 1628 at Kinnaird church. From 1633 to 1636 James travels widely across Europe including France and Italy where he spent his time studying.

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Charles (I, King of England and Scotland 1625-1649)

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1645	Aug 18	Montrose enters Glasgow
		Montrose entered Glasgow and a new Parliament was convened in the name of King Charles I. The Convenanting leaders escaped to Berwick.¹
	Sep 13	Battle of Philiphaugh
		After his successes in Scotland Montrose decided to go to England to assist the king. As he marched south he met a Parliamentarian army lead by Leslie. Montrose's forces had been greatly reduced as sections of his army had returned home with their spoils of war. Montrose was outnumbered and defeated. Montrose escaped. ¹
1646	May 5	Charles' escape
		After leaving Oxford Charles travelled with two companions, Ashburnham, his groom, and Dr Hudson, a chaplain. They travelled in disguise with the fear of being caught and waited for news from Montreuil about the Scots. On the 5th of May Charles reached the home of Montreuil in Southwell where he met a Scottish negotiator. The negotiator demanded that the royalist garrison at Newark should surrender, the king must sign the Convenant and establish Presbytery in England and Wales and order Montrose to lay down his arms in Scotland.
	May 9	Royalists at Newark surrender
		Charles agreed to some of the terms specified by the Scots and he ordered the royalist army at Newark surrendered. A few days later Charles ordered Montrose to disband his forces and to leave Scotland. The Scots then marched north with Charles as their prisoner to Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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