Sir Francis Wortley’s Regiment of Horse

Later Sir Robert Howard's Regiment of Horse

Yorkshire horse at the First Siege of Hull

• July: First siege of Hull
• October: Skirmish at Wirksworth

• February: Besieged in Stafford
• April: Battle of Tankersley Moor?

• June: Stormed at Wortley Hall?

Colonel Sir Francis Wortley

Colonel Sir Francis Wortley

Lieutenant Colonel William Henderson Lieutenant Colonel (Dud) Dudly

Sargeant Major (Dud) Dudly

Captain Lieutenant Walter Naylor

Captain Bilby Captain Marmaduke Holtby Captain Milward

Lieutenant Newbery Lieutenant Robert Oglethorpe

Quartermaster Thomas Barnes Quartermaster Dod Quartermaster Thomas Garnett Quartermaster James Rimmington

Cornet Jeffery Dudly Cornet Robert Heaton Cornet Richard Ruckly

Wm. Henderson Esq Lt. Col. Under the command of Sir Francis Wortley maketh oath that he heard Lt.Col. Hyde say that Sir William Russell was a sonne of a whore and that he woud mayntayne it and saith that the said Lt. Col. Hyde told him the said Lt. Colonell Henderson that Sir James Hamilton told him that Colonell Hyde,he would hang him,to wch the Colonell Hyde replyd,he thought no traiterous Scott had the power,and that he had done better service to the King than any Scott living,and saith that this was spoken to the Lt. Col. Henderson about 3 days after the said Lt. Col Hydes confinement. Imp. 19 die January 1642(3).

Sir Francis Wortley====

Sir Francis Wortley was briefly famous as the first Royalist to draw his sword for the King, in April 1642. He was captured in 1644 and remained as a prisoner in London until his death in 1652. His son, another Francis Wortley, also served the King as a colonel until surrendering in 1645¹⁾.