Sir Gilbert Houghton’s Regiment of Dragoons
Active | 1642-45 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Dragoons |
Colonel | Sir Gilbert Houghton |
Area Raised | Lancashire |
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Served as part of the Earl of Derby’s forces in Lancashire during the First Civil War
Service History
1642
- September: Siege of Manchester?
- November: Skirmish on Hinfield Moor
- December: Skirmish at Houghton Common
- December: Repulsed from Blackburn
- December: Battle of Chowbent?
1643
- January: Stormed at Preston
- February: Stormed at Preston
- February: Besieged at Houghton Tower
- February: Repulsed from Bolton
- February: Besieged at Lancaster
- March: Taking of Lancaster
- March: Storm of Preston
- April: Battle of Whalley Abbey
1644
- August to May 1645: Besieged in Greenhalgh Castle?
Notes
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Notable Officers
Sir Gilbert Houghton
Strength
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Houghton's forces are re-enacted by Sir Gilbert Houghton's Companie of Foote of the Sealed Knot.