Sir Edward Seymore’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1643 to 1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Sir Edward Seymore |
Area Raised | West Country |
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Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Maurice 1643-4 |
Royalist regiment of foot serving with Prince Maurice’s forces in the West Country, then in garrison at Dartmouth
Service History
1643
- October: Taking of Dartmouth
1644
- April to June: Siege of Lyme Regis
1645
1646
- January: Besieged at Dartmouth
Notes
At some point suppressed a rising at Torbay. Some soldiers from Sir Henry Cary’s Regiment of Foot claimed to have previously served under Seymore.
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
Sir Edward Seymore
Officer List
- Colonel Edward Seymour
- Lieut. Colonel Nicholas Codrington
- Lieut. Colonel Edmund Tremayne
- Lieut. Colonel Francis Turner
- Sgnt. Major John Cranfield
- Sgnt. Major Francis Turner
- Captain Thomas Wancklyn
- Captain Anthony Woodley
- Captain Robert Connoway
- Captain Thomas Elkines
- Captain William Simpson
- Captain Francis Tremayne
- Captain Edmund Reynell
- Captain Andrew Woodley
- Captain Hartgill
- Captain Henry Strode
- Captain Timothy Snelling; Dragoon Company in Regt.
- Captain John Nutt; Gunnery Captain
- Captain John Ford; Gunnery Captain
- Captain Thomas Griffith
- Captain Owen Phillips
- Captain Lieutenant Arthur Houghton
- Lieutenant William Ball
- Lieutenant Roger Cabe
- Lieutenant Henry Hudson
- Lieutenant Robert Longe
- Lieutenant William Barnes
- Lieutenant John Stanbury
- Lieutenant Thomas Griffith
- Lieutenant John King
- Lieutenant Richard Edgecumbe
- Lieutenant James Taylor
- Lieutenant William Agbarrow
- Lieutenant Robert Connoway/Conway
- Lieutenant Hugh Symes
- Lieutenant Richard Irish
- Lieutenant Humfrey Grove
- Ensign Thomas Jago
- Ensign William Prideaux
- Ensign Samuell Williams
- Ensign Roger Hunt
- Ensign Henry Bowcher
- Ensign Roger Cabe
- Ensign Owen Phillips
- Ensign Francis Terry
- Ensign Thomas Gould
- Ensign Degory Bayley
- Ensign Abraham Binneck
- Ensign Francis Furlong
- Ensign Ralph Homerson
- Ensign George Burleigh
- Ensign John Bond
- Ensign John Thomasin
- Cornet William Godfrey
- Quartermaster George Dudfourd
The most comprehensive list of any Royalist Foot Regiment ever compiled, from original research by BCW wiki user 1642.