Lord Paulet’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1643 to 1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Lord Paulet |
| Sir Richard Cholmondly | |
| Thomas Walker | |
| Area Raised | West Country |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Maurice 1643-4 |
| Goring 1645 | |
Later Sir Richard Cholmondly’s Regiment of Foot, then Colonel Thomas Walker’s Regiment of Foot
Royalist West Country Regiment of Foot serving with Prince Maurice’s forces
Service History
1643
- May: Paulet commissioned colonel
- June to September: Siege of Exeter
- July: Skirmish at Topsham
1644
- January: Taking of Axminster
- March: Siege of Hemioch Castle
- April to June: Siege of Lyme Regis
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
1645
- July: Battle of Langport
Notes
Flags
Notable Officers
Lord Paulet
John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet or Poulett, not to be confused with his son Sir John Paulet, who led an Irish regiment in the Oxford army. As he was in his sixties, he soon passed the regiment on to Cholmondly.
Sir Richard Cholmondly
Sir Richard married Paulet's youngest daughter, governed Axminster and was killed in action in 1644.
Colonel Thomas Walker
Commanded after Cholmondly was killed.
