Colonel Richard Townsend's Regiment of Foot
Active | 1646 - 1648? |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Protestant |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Richard Townsend |
Area Raised | South west England |
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Field Armies | Inchiquin 1647 |
Foot raised in England for service in Munster
Service History
1646
- September: Regiment commissioned
1647
- March: Regiment quartered around Bath and causing disturbances in local area
- April: Parliament orders Townsend to “cashier the native Irish and such as shall not be fit for service”1)
- Late June/Early July: Regiment lands in Munster 2)
- October: Regiment in winter quarters “in Cahir, Grace Castle and nearby”3)
- November: Battle of Knocknanuss. (Townsend commanded the main body of foot)
1648
Notes
The regiment was based around Colonel Thomas Ceeley’s Regiment of Foot in which Townsend, Phaire and Northcott had all served.
It is not clear where in its progress across Dorset and Somerset the regiment had managed to acquire “native Irish” soldiers
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Richard Townsend
Officer List
Officers Commissioned September 16464)
- Colonel Richard Townsend
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert Phaire
- Major Francis Foulk
- Captain Thomas Reaslake
- Captain Richard Hart
- Captain Samuel Jerveys
- Captain Thomas Northcott
- Captain Sampson Daniell
- Captain Walter Clifford
21/08/475)
- Colonel's company
- Lieutenant Colonel's company
- Major's Company
- Captain Francis Foulk (It is unclear why Foulk who had originaly been commissioned major was now only a captain)
- Captain Hart
- Captain Jervis
- Captain Daniell
- Captain Kersluck (Reaslake?)
- Captain Clifford
- Captain Spence
Strength
- 21/08/47: 762 men plus officers6)
See Also
Links
A family history of Richard Townsend “AN OFFICER OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND HIS DESCENDANTS Being some Account of the Life & Times of Colonel Richard Townesend of Castletown [Castletownshend) & a Chronicle of his Family” (1842) ed. Richard & Dorothea Townesend is availible online at https://archive.org/details/cu31924027972276