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| |**Active**|1643-4| | |**Active**|1643-4| | ||
| + | | |1648| | ||
| |**Country**|England| | |**Country**|England| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Parliamentarian| | |**Allegiance**|Parliamentarian| | ||
| + | | |Royalist| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Earl of Warwick| | |**Colonel**|Earl of Warwick| | ||
| + | | |Henry Farr| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|Essex| | |**Area Raised**|Essex| | ||
| |**Coat Colour**| | | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
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| |**Flag Design**|Plates| | |**Flag Design**|Plates| | ||
| |**Field Armies**|Essex 1643| | |**Field Armies**|Essex 1643| | ||
| + | | |Lucas 1648| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Essex Trained Band supporting the Parliamentarians in the First Civil War// | + | //Essex Trained Band supporting the Parliamentarians in the First Civil War, but joining the Royalists and besieged at Colchester in 1648// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| *July: Siege of Greenland House | *July: Siege of Greenland House | ||
| *July: March back home through London in time for the harvest | *July: March back home through London in time for the harvest | ||
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| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | *June: Defect to the Royalists | ||
| + | *June: Taking of Braintree | ||
| + | *June: Taking of Colchester | ||
| + | *June to August: Besieged at Colchester | ||
| + | *August: Surrender at Colchester | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
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| =====Coats and Flags===== | =====Coats and Flags===== | ||
| In August 1643 Warwick's regiment received 2 new colours with 'spots' as devices. At the siege of Greenland House the three Essex Trained Band regiments carried blue, white and yellow flags. However its not recorded which regiment carried which. | In August 1643 Warwick's regiment received 2 new colours with 'spots' as devices. At the siege of Greenland House the three Essex Trained Band regiments carried blue, white and yellow flags. However its not recorded which regiment carried which. | ||
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| A list of the regiment’s officers is shown in Laurence Spring’s //Regiments of the Eastern Association//((The Regiments of the Eastern Association Vol. 1, Laurence Spring, Stuart Press 1998 ISBN 1 85804 119 8)) | A list of the regiment’s officers is shown in Laurence Spring’s //Regiments of the Eastern Association//((The Regiments of the Eastern Association Vol. 1, Laurence Spring, Stuart Press 1998 ISBN 1 85804 119 8)) | ||
| ==== Earl of Warwick==== | ==== Earl of Warwick==== | ||
| - | Robert Rich, Second Earl of Warwick (1587-1658). Biographies at [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/dev/biography/robert-rich-earl-of-warwick.htm|BCW]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick|Wikipedia]]. | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/robert-rich-earl-of-warwick|Robert Rich, Second Earl of Warwick]] (1587-1658) was Lord High Admiral. |
| + | ====Henry Farr==== | ||
| + | Lieutenant Colonel to Warwick, he led the initial Royalist uprising in Colchester and led the regiment as a Royalist colonel during the siege. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *Supposed to be 1000 men in 1643, but Barrington's only mustered 200 in the July | *Supposed to be 1000 men in 1643, but Barrington's only mustered 200 in the July | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| - | ===== Links ===== | + | ===== Links===== |
| - | + | David Appleby's very informative article on Farr and the Essex Trained Bands [[https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/blog/allegiance-and-the-art-of-survival-colonel-henry-farr/|Colonel Henry Farr]] | |
