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Sir John Beaumont’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1642- |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Sir John Beaumont |
John Godfrey | |
Area Raised | |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Oxford |
Later Colonel John Godfrey's Regiment of Foot
Royalist regiment of foot of the Oxford Army, later serving on the Welsh Marches
Service History
1642
- October: Battle of Edgehill
- October: Siege of Banbury
1643
- January: Standoff at Cirencester
- May: Besieged in Worcester
- August to September: Siege of Gloucester
- September: Beaumont killed in action
- October: Battle of Wem and Leigh Bridge
1644
- June: Besieged at Tewkesbury
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
They were issued 29 muskets from Weymouth by February 1644.1)
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 John Beaumont
Sir John Beaumont, Second Baronet killed in action September 1643
John Godfrey
Godfrey was also killed in action, during Massey's storm of Tewkesbury
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
Bodleian Library Rawlinson Ms D395