Lord Loughborough’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1643 to 1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Lord Loughborough |
Area Raised | North Midlands |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Loughborough |
Royalist regiment of foot serving in the Midlands during the First Civil War.
Service History
1643
- January: Besieged at Ashby de la Zouch
- March: Battle of Hopton Heath? (det)
- April: Siege of Lichfield
- August: Relief of Eccleshall Castle?
- September: Repulsed from Leicester?
- ?: Siege of Tutbury Castle
1644
- February: Skirmish at Ashbourne
- March: Battle of Cotes Bridge
- March: Battle of Newark
- September: Skirmish at Costock
1645
- April: Storm of Ledbury
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Besieged at Leicester
- September to February 1646: Besieged at Ashby de la Zouch
1646
- February: Surrender of Ashby de la Zouch
Notes
Based at Ashby de la Zouch and Wilne Ferry. Hastings recruited 150 miners from Cannock to assist in Rupert's siege of Lichfield in April 1643.