Prince Maurice’s Lifeguard of Horse

Royalist Lifeguard troop raised from reformados in 1645, commanded in the field by Lord Molyneux

• May: Storm of Leicester
• June: Battle of Naseby
• August: Skirmish at Bewdley
• October: Skirmish at Belvoir Bridge and Walton?
• November: Battle of Denbigh Green?
• December: Skirmish at Bredon Hill?

• January: Skirmish at Stafford
• April to June: Besieged at Ludlow
• May to June: Besieged at Oxford?

Maurice’s Lifeguard consisted of a single troop of reformados, led by Lord Molyneux. Reformados were officers who lacked troops to command, either due to lack of success in recruiting or loss of their units through the fortunes of war.

Prince Maurice

Richard, Second Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough a Lancashire Catholic, his military biography is available online at Lord Molyneux's.

• A single troop.
• May 1645: Over 100 strong¹⁾