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Colonel Samuel Jones’ Regiment of Foot

Flag Illustration	¹⁾
Active	1643 to 1646
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Foot
Colonel	Samuel Jones
	John Fielder
Area Raised	London
	Surrey
	Hampshire
Coat Colour	Green
Flag Colour	White
Flag Design	Unknown
Field Armies	Waller 1643-4
	Garrison

Later Colonel John Fielder’s Regiment of Foot. Also known as the Farnham Greencoats

Parliamentarian regiment of foot in garrison at Farnham with detachments sent to serve under Waller

Service History

1643

February: Commissioned to be raised
April: Guard Chilworth and Guildford
July: Garrison Reigate and Betchworth Castle
Garrison of Farnham Castle
September: Relief of Gloucester (2 coy marching with Sir William Springate’s Regiment of Foot)²⁾
November: Siege of Basing House (4 coy)
November: Siege of Basing House (4 coy)
November: Standoff at Farnham
December: Storm of Alton Church (4 coy)
December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel (det)

1644

March: Battle of Cheriton (4-6 coy under Lt Col Jeremy Baines)
June: Skirmish at Odiham (det)
June to November: Siege of Basing House (2 coy)
June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge (4-5 coy?)
September: Fail to prevent relief of Basing House
October: Second Battle of Newbury (2 coy)

1645

April: Fielder takes over
August to October: Siege of Basing House (det of 100)
October: Storm of Basing House (det of 100)
November to March 1646: Siege of Donnington Castle

1646

March: Taking of Donnington Castle
April: Disbanded

Notes

There is an article on the regiment online at Colonel Samuel Jones' Regiment.

Two companies sent attached to Springate’s to relief of Gloucester, but shipped back via Portsmouth so not in Essex's army at First Newbury.

March 1645 Jones resigns commission and Fielder takes over, the regiment is reduced to four companies at this time.

Flags and Coats

Green coats. White flags, design unknown ³⁾.

Notable Officers

A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2