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| - | |**Active**|1639-48| | + | |**Active**|1639| |
| + | | |1640| | ||
| + | | |1648| | ||
| + | | |1651| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | ||
| + | | |Second Bishops' War| | ||
| | |Second Civil War| | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Third Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Earl Marischall| | |**Colonel**|Earl Marischall| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|Scotland| | + | |**Area Raised**|Aberdeenshire| |
| |**Flag Colour**|unknown| | |**Flag Colour**|unknown| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|unknown| | |**Flag Design**|unknown| | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**|Covenant 1639| | + | |**Field Armies**|Montrose 1639| |
| + | | |Marischal 1640| | ||
| + | | |Hamilton 1648| | ||
| + | | |Charles 1651| | ||
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| - | //Scots Covenanter regiment of horse serving in the First Bishops’ War and Second Civil War// | + | //Scots Covenanter regiment of horse serving in the Bishops’ Wars and Second Civil War, raised again for the Third Civil War// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| *June: Battle of Megray Hill | *June: Battle of Megray Hill | ||
| *June: Skirmish at Brig O’ Dee | *June: Skirmish at Brig O’ Dee | ||
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| + | ====1640==== | ||
| + | *Raised anew in Aberdeenshire | ||
| + | *May: Occupy Aberdeen | ||
| ====1648==== | ====1648==== | ||
| - | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | + | *May: Keith commissioned colonel of a troop of 80 Mearns and Aberdeenshire horse |
| + | *July: Preston campaign | ||
| + | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass? | ||
| + | *August: Surrender at Uttoxeter? | ||
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| + | ====1650==== | ||
| + | *December: Marischal appointed colonel of horse for Aberdeen, Banff and Mearns | ||
| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *Raised anew in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire | ||
| + | *April: Quarteed in the northeast | ||
| + | *May: Assigned to Middleton's 4th Cavalry Brigade | ||
| + | *August: Marischal captured at Alyth | ||
| + | *September: Battle of Worcester? | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
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| + | Presumably if at Worcester they were led by another as Marischal had already been captured. | ||
| ===== Flags===== | ===== Flags===== | ||
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| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | ====Earl Marischal==== | + | ====William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal==== |
| - | =====Strength===== | + | ====Sir William Keith of Ludquharn==== |
| + | Lieutenant Colonel | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *1640: 160 troopers | ||
| + | *May 1648: Established at 80 men in a single troop | ||
| + | *February 1651: 240 horse to be raised | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| - | + | [[covenanter:foot-regiments:earl-marischal|Earl Marischal’s Regiment of Foot]] | |
| - | [[Earl Marischal’s Regiment of Foot]] | + | |
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
