c 600	First settlement of the site by one Hyncel	more
1200	An 11th century church is rebuilt and becomes a priory called HYCHELINGBROK	more
1349	Death of prioress Isabel de Ulleswit, from Black Death	more
March 1538	Hinchingbrooke granted in fee to Richard Cromwell	more
10 August 1564	Queen Elizabeth I at Hinchingbrooke	more
25 April 1599	Oliver Cromwell born	more
3 Sept 1658	Oliver Cromwell died	more
27 April 1603	King James I at Hinchingbrooke	more
27 July 1625	Edward Montagu1st Earl Sandwich born	more
20 June 1627	The Montagus purchase Hinchingbrooke	more
23 Feb 1633	Samuel Pepys born	more
4 June 1647	Charles I a prisoner at Hinchingbrooke	more
16 July 1660	Earldom of Sandwich created	more
1660-68	Samuel Pepys writes Diaries	more
28 May 1672	Death of Edward Montagu,1st Earl at the Battle of Sole Bay	more
26 May 1703	Samuel Pepys dies	more
3rd Nov 1718	John Montagu, 4th Earl, born	more
7 April 1779	Murder of Martha Ray	more
30 April 1792	John Montagu, Fourth Earl dies	more
22 Jan 1830	The Great Fire	more
1962	Tenth Earl dies
1970	Hinchingbrooke House becomes Hinchingbrooke School	more