Events from the year1644 inEngland. This is the third year of theFirst English Civil War, fought betweenRoundheads (Parliamentarians) andCavaliers (Royalist supporters ofKing Charles I).

• Monarch –Charles I

• January –Oliver Cromwell and his soldiers impose a Puritanical regime of worship atEly Cathedral.
• 22 January – KingCharles I opens the Royalist 'Oxford Parliament'.^[1]
• 26 January –First English Civil War: at theBattle of Nantwich theParliamentarians defeat theRoyalists, ending a week's siege of theCheshire town.^[2]
• March –Matthew Hopkins begins his career as awitch-hunter in the eastern counties.
• 21 March – First English Civil War:Prince Rupert effects theRelief of Newark.^[3]
• 29 March – First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at theBattle of Cheriton inHampshire.^[3]
• 20 April–14 June – First English Civil War: Royalists underPrince Maurice besiegeLyme Regis in Dorset. They do not take the town, but destroy twenty ships.^[4]
• 25 May – First English Civil War: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert storm and takeStockport and cross theMersey.^[5]
• 28 May – First English Civil War:Bolton Massacre: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert kill several hundreds of the town's defenders.^[5]
• 11 June – First English Civil War:Prince Rupert and his men takeLiverpool Castle.^[6] Liverpool is later reclaimed by Sir John Moore.
• 29 June – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at theBattle of Cropredy Bridge.^[3]
• 2 July – First English Civil War:Battle of Marston Moor, the largest battle of the war, produces a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side in Yorkshire, endingCharles I's hold on the north of England.^[2]
• 14 July – QueenHenrietta Maria leaves the country forFrance.^[1]
• 16 July – First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces captureYork.^[1]
• 2 September – SecondBattle of Lostwithiel inCornwall, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
• 22 October –Newcastle upon Tyne captured by aScottish army led byAlexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven.^[2]
• 27 October – First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at theSecond Battle of Newbury.^[3]
• 23 November –John Milton'sAreopagitica, an appeal for freedom of speech, is published in London.^[2]
• 19 December – theHouse of Commons passes theSelf-denying Ordinance.^[3]
• 25 December –Christmas falls on a date set aside for fasting byParliament, whose supporters are enjoined to observe the fast.^[2]
• 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith drawn up in London.^[7]

• 14 January –Thomas Britton, concert promoter (died 1714)
• 18 January –John Partridge, astrologer (died 1708)
• 21 March –Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1704)
• 22 March –Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1698)
• 31 March –Henry Winstanley, engineer (died 1703)
• 16 June –Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Ireland and Scotland (died 1670)
• 30 August –Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, nobleman and politician (died 1729)
• 14 October –William Penn, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (died 1718)
• Thomas Guy, speculator and philanthropist (died 1724)
• Approximate date –Elizabeth Haselwood English silversmith (died 1715)^[8]

• 30 January –William Chillingworth, theologian (born 1602)
• 22 June –Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet, antiquary and politician (born 1598)
• 2 July –William Gascoigne, scientist (born c. 1610)
• 20 July –Peter Hausted, poet and playwright (year of birth unknown)
• July –William Crabtree, astronomer and mathematician (born 1610)
• September –Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (year of birth unknown)
• 8 September
  • John Coke, politician (born 1563)
  • Francis Quarles, poet (born 1592)
• 6 November –Thomas Roe, diplomat (born c. 1581)
• 28 December –John Bankes, judge (born 1589)

• 1644 in England
• Years of the 17th century in England

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