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|**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
|**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
- | |**Field Armies**| | | + | |**Field Armies**|Essex 1642| |
+ | | |Garrison| | ||
+ | | |Waller 1643?| | ||
</WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
- | *January: Garrison of Plymouth, leaving 2 coy in Gloucester | + | *January: Garrison of Plymouth; 2 companies under Lloyd and Lowe remain based at Gloucester until December 1643 |
- | *April: Battle of Highnam? (det) | + | *April: Battle of Highnam? (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
*23rd April: Battle of Beacon Hill | *23rd April: Battle of Beacon Hill | ||
*May: Battle of Stratton | *May: Battle of Stratton | ||
- | *May: Siege of Worcester (det) | + | *May: Siege of Worcester (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
*June to September: Besieged in Exeter | *June to September: Besieged in Exeter | ||
- | *July: Battle of Lansdown (det) | + | *July: Battle of Lansdown (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
- | *July: Siege of Devizes (det) | + | *July: Siege of Devizes (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
- | *July: Battle of Roundway Down (det) | + | *July: Battle of Roundway Down (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
*September: Return to London, disbanded and sent as drafts to the Earl of Stamford’s Regiment | *September: Return to London, disbanded and sent as drafts to the Earl of Stamford’s Regiment | ||
=====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
+ | The detachment of 2 companies under Lloyd and Lowe is thought to have been drawn out of Gloucester garrison by Sir William Waller for his Lansdown campaign. | ||
=====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
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=====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
- | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in //The Fall of the West Vol. 6// by Stuart Peachey and Alan Turton (Stuart Press). | + | A list of the regiment's officers in the West Country is shown in //The Fall of the West Vol. 6// by Stuart Peachey and Alan Turton (Stuart Press). |
====Sir John Merrick==== | ====Sir John Merrick==== | ||
- | ====Captain John Lloyd==== | + | [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merrick_(MP)|Sir John Merrick]] |
- | ====Captain Lowe==== | + | |
+ | ====Officer Lists==== | ||
+ | ===September 1642=== | ||
+ | *Colonel Sir John Merrick((A List of the Army Under the Command of Robert Earle of Essex British Library E 117 (30) )) | ||
+ | *Lt Colonel Vincent Kilmady | ||
+ | *Major William Herbert | ||
+ | *Captain Tyer | ||
+ | *Captain Lower | ||
+ | *Captain Francis Merrick | ||
+ | *Captain Thomas Laugherne | ||
+ | *Captain John Lloyd | ||
+ | *Captain John Edwards | ||
+ | *Captain John Baily | ||
+ | *Provost Marshall: John Treme | ||
+ | *Chaplain: Tucker | ||
+ | *Surgeon: John Woodward | ||
+ | *QuarterMaster Henry Bishop((N.A. SP28/1A/120)) | ||
=====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
*July 1642: 1200 ordered to be raised | *July 1642: 1200 ordered to be raised | ||
+ | *October 1642: 1113 rank and file(([[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0968344510365223|Aaron Graham. The Earl of Essex and Parliament’s Army at the Battle of Edgehill: A Reassessment. War in History 17(3) 276–293, 2010]])) | ||
=====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||