Sir Percy Smith’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1642 - 1649 |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Protestant |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Sir Percy Smith |
Area Raised | Munster |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Inchiquin |
Protestant foot raised in Munster in 1642
Service History
1642
- Smith raises 100 foot in Munster1).
1643
1644
1645
- June to September: Besieged at Youghal. Smith Governor of the town.
1646
1647
- August: Serving with Inchiquin's army
1648
- October: Smith governor of Youghall
1649
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Sir Percy Smith
Of Balinetra co. Waterford. Son of Sir Richard Smith and Lady Mary Boyle sister of the 1st Earl of Cork. He died in 1657.
Officer List
Officers August 16474)
- Colonel Sir Percy Smith
- Lieutenant Colonel James Finch (by October 1646)5)
- Major [Daniel]6) Bolton
- Captain [William] Sopple
- Captain [Henry]7) Smythick
- Captain [Arthur]8) Freeke
- Captain John Freeke
- Captain Richard Smith
- Captain [John]9) Widdenham
- Quartermaster Thomas Smith
Officers 1649 10)
- Colonel Sir Percy Smith
- Captain Lieutenant John Smith11)
- Lieutenant Colonel [Daniel] Bolton
- Major [William] Sopple
- Captain [Henry] Smythick
- Captain Axford (William Oxford)12)
- Captain Widenham
- Captain Arthur Freeke
- Captain John Freeke
- Captain Shetliffe (Anthony Shercliffe capt by Sept 1648)13)
- Captain Broderick
- Captain Richard Smith (In November 1649)14)
Strength
- 1642: 100
- 28 August 1647: 472 men + officers
- 1649: 258 men + officers
See Also
Links
1)
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part VII, The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde
2)
CSPI 1633-47 p433
3)
CSPI 1633-47 p447
4)
N.A. SP28/47/213
5)
CSPI 1633-47 p531
6)
TT E399(33)
7)
CSPI 1633-47 p452
8)
HMC Ormonde Mss vol 1 p219
9)
Richard Caulfield “The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal” (1878) p268
10)
HMC Ormonde Mss vol 1 p219-220
11)
Richard Caulfield “The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal” (1878) p561
12)
Richard Caulfield “The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal” (1878) p560
13)
Richard Caulfield “The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal” (1878) p278
14)
Richard Caulfield “The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal” (1878) p566