Sir John Mallory’s Regiment of Dragoons
| Active | 1642-4 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Dragoons |
| Colonel | Sir John Mallory |
| William Prideaux | |
| Area Raised | Yorkshire |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Newcastle 1642 |
| Garrison | |
Later led by Colonel William Prideaux
Royalist Regiment of Dragoons serving in Yorkshire, forming part of the garrison of Skipton Castle before being absorbed into Newcastle's field army in January 1644
Service History
1642
- November: Skirmish at Wetherby?
- December: Battle of Tadcaster
1643
- March to April: Siege of Thornton Castle
- April: Siege at Skipton
- July: Repulsed from Thornton Castle
- November: Skirmish at Airton
1644
- January: Join Newcastle's field army
- April: Battle of Selby
- August: Battle of Marston Moor (under Prideaux)
- September: Skirmish at Ripon?
- October: Skirmish at Halton?
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Sir John Mallory
Mallory was governor of Skipton Castle.
List of Officers
- Captain William Prideaux (son of the Bishop of Worcester) commanded the troop
- Lieutenant Ralph Coningsby
- Cornet John Tomms
Contemporary References
SP23.202.302 Mallorys Dragoons Extract
The humble petition of John Lister of Kirkby Malzerd in the County of Yorke
Sheweth that your petitioner did beare Armes in his Majesties service att Selby in yorkeshire but never since for which he is sequestred as a delinquent howbeit in August 1644 he submitted himselfe to the Parliament,and have ever since lived peaceably under the Parliaments protection…
Rec'd 3. Aprill 1647
Strength
One troop of 150 men1).
See Also
Links
1)
Skipton Castle in the Great Civil War 1642-1645, Richard T Spence 1991, Skipton Castle ISBN:0950697516
