Sir Arthur Hesilrige’s Regiment of Foot
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Active | 1643 to 1645 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Sir Arthur Hesilrige |
James Holborne | |
Area Raised | London |
Coat Colour | Blue |
Flag Colour | Blue |
Flag Design | Unknown |
Field Armies | Waller 1643-4 |
Holborne 1645 |
Later Colonel James Holborne’s Regiment of Foot
Parliamentarian regiment of foot of the army of the Southern Association serving with Waller
Service History
1643
- August: Commissioned to be Raised
- November: Siege of Basing House (5 coy)
- November: Siege of Basing House (5 coy)
- November: Standoff at Farnham (5 coy)
- December: Storm of Alton Church
- December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel
1644
- March: Battle of Cheriton
- May to June: Besieged at Lyme Regis (3 coy)
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
- December: Relief of Taunton
1645
- Garrison of Wareham
- March: Skirmish at Dorchester?
- April: Reduced into Sir Hardress Waller’s Regiment of Foot of the New Model Army
Notes
May 1644 Col. Cooke’s were reduced into the regiment. July 1644 two companies transferred to Colonel Holborne’s Regiment of Dragoons.
Flags and Coats
Blue coats. Blue flags, design unknown 2).
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
Sir Arthur Hesilrige
Colonel James Holborne
James Holborne was a Scots officer.
Lt Col John Birch
Strength
- November 1643: 400 men (5 coy?)
- March 1644: 5 or more companies led by Birch at Cheriton
See Also
Links
1)
Flag images by kind permission of Wargames Designs
2)
ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846