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Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Dragoons
- Service History
  - 1643
  - 1644
  - 1645
- Notes
- Coats and Flags
- Notable Officers
  - Earl of Manchester
  - Lt Col John Lilburne
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Dragoons

Active	1643 to 1645
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Dragoons
Colonel	Earl of Manchester
	John Lilburne
Area Raised	Essex
Coat Colour
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies	Manchester 1644

Later Colonel John Lilburne's Regiment of Dragoons

Parliamentarian regiment of dragoons of the Eastern Association

Service History

1643

August: Raised in Essex

1644

February to March: Siege of Newark
March: Battle of Newark
April: The regiment now commanded by Lilburne
May to July: Siege of York
July: Skirmish at Poppleton
2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor - 5 companies
July: Siege of York
July: Taking of Tickhill Castle
August: Siege of Knaresborough Castle
August to October: Siege of Banbury?
October: Battle of Denton?
October to December: Siege of Crowland
November: Garrison of Ely

1645

February: Taking of Scarborough
March: Battle of Pontefract

Notes

Coats and Flags

Notable Officers

Earl of Manchester

Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester

Lt Col John Lilburne

Strength

See Also

Links

Lilburne's forces are re-enacted by Lt. Col. John Lilburne's Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot.