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Sir Arthur Hesilrigge’s Regiment of Horse

Active1650 to 1660
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsThird Civil War
Penruddock’s Rising
TypeHorse
ColonelSir Arthur Hesilrigge
James Berry
Unton Croke
Daniell O’Neill
Area RaisedNorth
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesMonck 1651-3

Later Colonel James Berry’s, Unton Croke’s and Daniel O’Neill’s Regiment of Horse

Commonwealth regiment of horse serving in Scotland, later defeating Penruddock’s Rising in the West Country

Service History

1650

1651

1652

1653

1654

1655

1656

1657

1658

1659

1660

Notes

A history of the regiment is given in The Regimental History of Cromwell's Army by Sir Charles Firth and Godfrey Davies, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940.

The regiment was raised in the North by Hesilrigge, but his colonelcy appears nominal as it was quickly sent to Scotland led by Major Sanderson, who died in February 1651, then by Major John Sydenham who was mortally wounded in a skirmish at Linlithgow. They served initially as garrison of Linlithgow, then in the West of Scotland with Okey, and remained as part of Monck’s force.

In 1655 Captain Unton Croke was instrumental in ending Penruddock’s Rising, defeating Penruddock’s 250 to 400 Royalists at South Molton with a single troop. In 1660 Croke was promoted to Colonel but was soon replaced by Dan O’Neill before the regiment was disbanded at Bath in December.

Flags and Equipment

Notable Officers

Sir Arthur Hesilrigge

Sir Arthur Heslirigge raised the regiment but never served with them on campaign.

James Berry

James Berry

Unton Croke

Unton Croke

Daniel O’Neill

Daniel O’Neill was an officer of Prince Rupert’s Regiment of Horse in the First Civil War.

Strength

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