User:Harrias/Edgehill order of battle

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Parliamentarian order of battle[edit]

Royalist order of battle[edit]

The Royalist commanders. Clockwise from upper left: King Charles I, the Earl of Forth, Sir Jacob Astley, Prince Rupert.
Royalist command[1]
Position Person Notes
Commander-in-Chief King Charles I
Lieutenant General Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth The position of Lieutenant General is equivalent to a modern Chief of Staff. The Earl of Forth replaced the Earl of Lindsey on the eve of the battle.
General of the Horse Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Commissary-General of Horse The Lord Wilmot
Sergeant-Major-General of Foot Sir Jacob Astley
Major-General of Dragoons Sir Arthur Aston
Master-General of the Ordnance Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport The Earl of Newport was nominally the Master of the Ordnance for the Royalist army, but was not present at the Battle of Edgehill, so command passed to Heydon, as Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance Sir John Heydon
Royalist right wing[1]
Regiment Regiment size Troop Commanders Unit size Notes
King Charles I's Lifeguard of Horse 300 Lord Bernard Stewart Unknown
Sir William Kiligrew Unknown
Prince of Wales' Regiment of Horse 500 Colonel Sir Thomas Byron Unknown The Prince of Wales' troop. The Prince of Wales (the future King Charles II), who was aged twelve at the time of the battle, did not participate in the fighting, but was present nearby under the care of Sir William Howard.
Lord d'Aubigny Unknown The Duke of York's troop. The Duke of York (the future King James II), who was aged nine at the time of the battle, was with the Prince of Wales, under the care of Howard.
Colonel Charles Cavendish 120 The Earl of Newcastle's troop.
Earl of Lindsey Unknown
Earl of Northampton 100 Gentlemen.
Earl of Westmorland Unknown
Captain Davison Unknown Servants of the whole Regiment
Earl of Crawford Unknown
Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse 465 Sir Richard Crane 100 Prince Rupert's Lifeguard.
Lt. Colonel Daniel O'Neill 70
Major William Legge 15
Sir Lewis Dyve 140 combined
Sir Thomas Dalison
Lord Dillon 140 combined
Sir William Pennyman
Prince Maurice's Regiment of Horse 180 Unknown Unknown Prince Maurice's Lifeguard.
Lt. Colonel Guy Molesworth Unknown
Captain Thomas Sheldon Unknown
Sir Ralph Dutton Unknown
Sir John Byron's Regiment of Horse 250 Sir John Byron Unknown
Lt. Colonel Frank Butler Unknown
Major Gilbert Byron Unknown
Captain Sir Richard Byron Unknown
Captain Allen Apsley Unknown
Captain Edward St John Unknown
James Usher's Regiment of Dragoons Unknown Colonel James Usher Unknown
Lt. Colonel Henry Washington Unknown
Major Hutchinson Unknown
Royalist centre[1]
Brigade Brigade size Regiment Commanders Regiment size Notes
Charles Gerard's Brigade of Foot 1,985 Charles Gerard 740
Sir Lewis Dyve 575
Sir Ralph Dutton 670
Richard Feilding's Brigade of Foot 2,545 Colonel Richard Feilding 460
Sir Thomas Lunsford 350
Colonel Richard Bolle 560
Sir Edward Fitton 460
Sir Edward Stradling 715
Henry Wentworth's Brigade of Foot 1,790 Sir Gilbert Gerard 560
Sir Thomas Salusbury 910
Lord Molyneux 320
John Belasyse's Brigade of Foot 1,880 Colonel Thomas Blagge 690
Colonel John Belasyse 505
Sir William Pennyman 685
Sir Nicholas Byron's Brigade of Foot 1,830 670 King Charles I's Regiment of Foot
840 The Lord General's Regiment of Foot
Sir John Beaumont 320
Royalist left wing[2]
Regiment Regiment size Troop Commanders Unit size Notes
Lord Wilmot's Regiment of Horse 355 Captain Lieutenant Robert Walsh 90 Lord Wilmot's Troop.
Lt Colonel Edward Feilding 85 combined
Major Paul Smyth
Captain John Harvey 70
Captain Price 40
Lieutenant Jammot 70 Captain John Frescheville's Troop.
Lord Grandison's Regiment of Horse 200 Captain Lieutenant Edward Gerard Unknown Lord Grandison's Troop.
Major Sir Richard Willis Unknown
Lord John Stewart Unknown
Captain Francis Bertie Unknown
Earl of Carnarvon's Regiment of Horse 200 Unknown Unknown Earl of Carnarvon's Troop.
Lt Colonel Sir Charles Lucas Unknown
Major Richard Neville Unknown
Captain Alex Standish Unknown
Unknown Unknown According to Young, the Earl of Carnarvon's regiment contained four or five troops of horse.
Lord Digby's Regiment of Horse 150 Captain Lieutenant Henry Harris Unknown Lord Digby's Troop.
Thomas Weston Unknown
Richard Herbert Unknown According to Young, Lord Digby's regiment contained three or four troops of horse, and Richard Herbert may not have commanded his own troop.
John Lane Unknown
Sir Thomas Aston's Regiment of Horse 150 Colonel Sir Thomas Aston Unknown
Lt Colonel Sir James Bridgeman Unknown
Captain Flemming Unknown
Edward Grey's Regiment of Dragoons Unknown Colonel Edward Grey Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Major Ralph Hebburne Unknown
King Charles I's Lifeguard of Dragoons Unknown Colonel Sir Edward Duncombe Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Royalist rear[1]
Regiment Regiment size Troop Commanders Troop size Notes
King Charles I's Gentlemen Pensioners 50 Lieutenant Sir William Howard 50 Guarding the King.
Colonel Legge's Regiment of Firelocks Unknown Colonel Legge Unknown
Royalist artillery[1]
Type Number Location Notes
Demi-cannon 2 Rear The larger pieces of artillery were located at the rear, guarded by Legge's Firelocks.
Culverin 2 Rear
Demi-culverin 2 Rear
Falcon 6 Front line The lighter pieces of artillery were located along the front line.
Falconet 6 Front line
Robinet 2 Front line

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Young 1967, p. 87.
  2. ^ Young 1967, p. 88.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Young, Peter (1967). Edgehill 1642, The Campaign and the Battle. Kineton: The Roundwood Press. OCLC 905631257.
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