Sir Humphrey Bennet’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1644 to 1645 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Sir Humphrey Bennet |
Area Raised | |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Garrison |
Royalist regiment of foot in garrison at Bishop’s Waltham
Service History
1644
- Garrison of Bishop’s Waltham
- April: Besieged at Bishop’s Waltham
1645
- September to October: Besieged at Winchester?
Notes
Coats and Flags
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
Sir Humphrey Bennet
Officer Lists
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
- Colonel Humphrey Bennet
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Sargeant Major
- Captain Francis Knight I.O. Southamp.
- Captain John Knight Ment. I.O.
- Captain Francis Knipe I.O. Middx.
- Captain John Manwaring I.O. Southamp.
- Captain Edward South I.O. Southamp.
- Lieutenant Christopher Tayler I.O. Durham to Capt. John Knight
- Ensign William Atthew I.O. Southamp. to Capt. Manwaring
- Ensign John Mew I.O. Southamp.
Strength
- 200 or less, the size of the garrison at Bishop’s Waltham