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Colonel Edward Rossiter’s Regiment of Horse

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Active1645 to 1660
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
Second Civil War
Third Civil War
Glencairn’s Rising
Restoration
TypeHorse
ColonelEdward Rossiter
Philip Twistleton
John Clobery
Area RaisedLincolnshire
Flag ColourWhite
Flag DesignSee below
Field ArmiesNMA 1645
Lambert 1648
Cromwell 1650-51
Monck 1653-54
Monck 1659-60

Later Colonel Philip Twisleton’s then Colonel John Clobery’s Regiment of Horse

New Model Army regiment of horse serving in the First, Second and Third Civil Wars then in England and Scotland

Service History

1645

1646

1647

1648

1649

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 formed from Colonel Edward Rossiter’s regiment of horse, the odd one out of the New Model Army, not previously being part of Essex’s, Manchester’s or Waller’s field armies. The regiment fought at Naseby then in the North and Midlands.

In 1647 Rossiter was dismissed following the turmoil in the army, replaced by Twisleton. At the start of the Second Civil War the regiment formed part of Lambert’s force, fighting at Preston. In 1650 they formed part of Cromwell’s force for the invasion of Scotland, Battle of Dunbar and the Battle of Worcester.

The regiment were sent to Scotland in 1653, serving with Generals Monck and Morgan and helping to put down Glencairn’s rising in 1654. Returning to England they marched West in 1655 to suppress Penruddock’s rising but arrived after Penruddock’s defeat. Back in Scotland again but without their Colonel, Monck reorganised the regiment to remove potential opponents and appointed Clobery, a close supporter, as new Colonel. Marching on London with Monck they were disbanded in October 1660 in the regiment’s home county of Lincolnshire.

Flags and Equipment

Under Twistleton the regiment were given a new set of white cornets with black and white fringing. Colonel Philip Twisleton's cornet was plain white (Illustration 1), the troop cornets were distinguished by different images and mottos on gold scrolls: Major James Berry (Illustration 2), Captain Pearte (3), Captain Owen Cambridge (4), Captain Nelthorpe (5) and Captain Hezekiah Haines (6)7).

Notable Officers

Colonel Edward Rossiter

Edward Rossiter

Colonel Philip Twisleton

Major to Colonel Rossiter, he was promoted to Colonel when Rossiter was dismissed

Colonel John Clobery

John Clobery or Cloberrry, was previously Lieutenant Colonel of Reade’s Regiment of Foot and was promoted to Colonel due to being a close confidant of General Monck.

Officer Lists

More detailed lists of officers for April and May 1645, December 1646, May and August 1647 and May 1649 are shown in Reconstructing the New Model Army. Volume 1, Regimental Lists April 1645 to May 1649 by Malcolm Wanklyn, Helion & Co. 2015. ISBN 978-1-910777-10-7.

May 1645 and December 1646

From Anglia Rediviva8)

August 1648

Under Twistleton

Strength

See Also

1) , 2) , 3) , 4) , 5) , 6) Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine
7) The English Emblem Tradition, Vol 3 Emblematic flag devices of the English Civil Wars 1642-1660. Alan R. Young, Toronto 1995, ISBN 0-8020-5739-X
8) Sprigge, Joshua, Anglia Rediviva, London 1647