Colonel Robert Phelips’ Regiment of Horse
Active | 1645 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Robert Phelips |
Area Raised | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Goring 1645 |
Royalist horse serving in the West Country in 1645
Service History
1645
- July: Loss of Ilchester
- July: Battle of Langport
1646
- January: Skirmish at Pidlington
Notes
Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
Robert Phelips
Officer Lists
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
- Colonel Robert Phelips
- Sargeant Major Foil (1)
- Captain Lambert Ment. I.O. *
- Captain Rosse Ment. I.O.
- Captain Rowes Ment. I.O.
- Lieutenant James Rush I.O. Somerset to Capt. Rowes
- Cornet Edward Burgh I.O. Somerset
- Cornet Richard Willoughby I.O. Somerset
- Quartermaster Thomas Haine I.O. Somerset to Capt. Rosse
- Quartermaster Henry Spyer I.O. Wilts to Capt. Lambert *
- Quartermaster (Reg.) Jonathan Cecil I.O. Somerset
* Simply listed under Col. Phelips and may be Col. Edward Phelips'. However, as Col. Robert Phelips had officers from Wiltshire in his Foot Regiment I have placed under Robert rather than Edward Phelips' Regiment of Horse..
Contemporary References
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
(1) Skirmish at Pidlington
E.316.26 Mercurius Academicus
Colonel Philips and his Major Foil beat up troops at Pidlington January 1645/6.