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Sir Edward Widdrington’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1642-5 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Sir Edward Widdrington |
Area Raised | Yorkshire |
Flag Colour | Unknown |
Flag Design | One known |
Field Armies | Newcastle 1642-4 |
Royalist Regiment of Horse serving in Yorkshire
Service History
1642
- December: Repulsed from Bradford
1643
- March: Battle of Seacroft Moor
- May: Stormed in Wakefield
1644
- February to July: Besieged in Scarborough?
- July: Battle of Marston Moor
1645
- February: Battle of Melton Mowbray
- March: Battle of Pontefract
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Battle of Naseby
- November to May 1646: Besieged in Newark?
Notes
Flags
Sir Edward's troop carried a cornet featuring the motto 'DEO ET CAESARI' on a scroll. Unfortunately no record has survived of its tincture. Sir Edward Widdrington in saying little implied much in his Colours, only thus DEO ET CAESARI1).
Notable Officers
Sir Edward Widdrington
See Also
Links
1)
The Art of making Devises 2nd Ed, Thomas Blount, London, 1655