1722  John Roy marries Mary Stewart, in Carluke

1723  Grizel Roy born

1726  4 May: William Roy born at Miltonhead, Carluke

1728  Susannah Roy born

1730  James Roy born

1745  August: Prince Charles Edward Stewart raises the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan

1746  April: the Jacobite rebellion ends at Culloden

1747  William begins work on the Military Survey of Scotland as a civilian Assistant Quartermaster

1748  December: John Roy dies

1752  The Military Survey is extended to cover southern Scotland. William walks the south-western coast and along the Border

First large-scale surveys of archaeological earthworks

1753  Survey of the Roman fort at Castledykes

1754  Robert Melville discovers Roman camps in Strathmore

1755  Fieldwork on the Roman camps in Strathmore and survey of the Antonine Wall

December: appointed Practitioner Engineer

1756  January: appointed Lieutenant, 53rd (later the 51st) Regiment of Foot

Start of the Seven Years War

Survey of Milford Haven

1757  May: appointed Practitioner Engineer

Survey of the coastline from Christchurch to Whitstable, and of strategic roads in Kent, Sussex and Surrey

Assessment of tactical topography of the Home Counties

Survey of Maiden Castle, Dorset

William Stukeley publishes a commentary on De Situ Britanniae

September: the raid on Rochefort

December: William testifies at the court martial of Sir John Mordaunt

1758  June: the raid on Saint-Malo

To Germany, erecting wharves for the troops at Bremerhaven

1759  In Germany with the 51st. August: the battle at Minden. Promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain in the Engineers. Captain in the new Corps of Highlanders

August to November: siege of Münster

1760  William’s plan of Minden/Thonhausen published and is cited at the court martial of Lord George Sackville

Mapping in Germany

September: night attack on Zierenberg

November: expedition to Einbeck

1761  October: David Watson dies

November: William promoted to DQMG and Major of Foot

1762  Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Foot in the army

1763  February: Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War; William assisting with the repatriation of the troops from Germany

Initial proposal for a British national cartographic survey

1764  Discovery of the Roman camp at Cleghorn. With James Roy in Edinburgh