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List of events
Events from the year 1642 in England English Civil War and Wars of the Three Kingdoms .
4 January – Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament , but they escape.[ 1] House of Commons .
January – Charles I agrees to parliament's request to order that the last Wednesday in each month should be kept as a fast day.[ 2]
18 January–March – the Protestation of 1641 , an oath of allegiance to the King and Church of England, is circulated around the country for signature by all adult males, the Protestation Returns of 1641–1642 .
13 February – Charles assents to the Bishops Exclusion Act thereby removing all bishops from the House of Lords .[ 1]
23 February–11 March – Queen Henrietta Maria and her eldest daughter Mary leave Falmouth, Cornwall , to go into exile at the Dutch court in The Hague .[ 3] Princess Royal .
27 February – Charles rejects the Militia Bill .[ 1]
5 March – Parliament declares that "the People are bound by the Ordinance for the Militia, though it has not received the Royal Assent".[ 1]
April – the governor of Kingston upon Hull twice refuses access to the King.
1 June – Parliament approves the Nineteen Propositions to be sent to the King, demanding parliamentary control of the civil government of the kingdom.
21 June – The King's Answer, rejecting the Nineteen Propositions , is read in Parliament.[ 1]
10 July–30 July – Charles besieges Hull in an attempt to gain control of its arsenal.[ 1]
22 August – Charles raises the royal battle standard over Nottingham Castle , so beginning the First English Civil War against his own Parliament.[ 1]
2 September – Parliament orders the theatres of London to be closed , effectively ending the era of English Renaissance theatre .[ 1]
7 September – First English Civil War:
23 September – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Powick Bridge .[ 4]
23 October – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Edgehill , the first pitched battle of the War.[ 1]
29 October – King Charles enters Oxford and establishes his court there.[ 4]
12 November – Battle of Brentford : Royalist forces defeat Parliamentarians.
13 November – Battle of Turnham Green : Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London .[ 1]
1 December – Storming of Farnham Castle : Parliamentarian forces easily take the Surrey stronghold from Royalist defenders.
