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| | |Dragoons| | | |Dragoons| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Sir Edward Ford| | |**Colonel**|Sir Edward Ford| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|South| | + | |**Area Raised**|Sussex| |
| + | | |Berkshire| | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**|Hopton 1643-4| | + | |**Field Armies**|Ford 1642| |
| + | | |Hopton 1643-4| | ||
| | |Oxford 1644| | | |Oxford 1644| | ||
| | |Garrison| | | |Garrison| | ||
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| ====1642==== | ====1642==== | ||
| - | *December: Skirmish at Haywards Heath? | + | *Ford raises troops in Sussex |
| + | *December: Skirmish at Haywards Heath (Muster Green) | ||
| *December: Besieged at Chichester | *December: Besieged at Chichester | ||
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| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| - | Ford was still a Captain when commissioned to raise troops in July 1643. It seems likely that one troop raised subsequently was equipped as dragoons. | + | Ford was commissioned Colonel and led Royalist forces in Sussex in 1642, allegedly raising 1000 men, but was defeated by Morley at Hayward's Heath and retreated to Chichester, surrendering at the end of December 1642. Ford was described as a Captain when commissioned to raise troops in July 1643. It seems likely that one troop raised subsequently was equipped as dragoons. |
| =====Flags & Equipment===== | =====Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| ====Sir Edward Ford==== | ====Sir Edward Ford==== | ||
| - | [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ford_(soldier)|Sir Edward Ford]] | + | [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ford_(soldier)|Sir Edward Ford]], knighted in October 1643. |
| ====Officer Lists==== | ====Officer Lists==== | ||
