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Colonel Charles Essex’s Regiment of Foot

Active1642
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelCharles Essex
Area Raised
Coat ColourTawney lined Yellow
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesEssex 1642

Parliamentarian Regiment originally raised for service in Ireland but instead serving with Essex’s army at Edgehill

Service History

1642

Notes

The regiment was routed at Edgehill and Colonel Essex was killed there. They appear to either have been disbanded with the remnants drafted into, or re-organised into, Colonel Henry Bulstrode’s Regiment of Foot in November 1642.

Coats, Flags and Equipment

The regiment were issued tawny coats lined yellow in September 1642 1).

Notable Officers

Charles Essex

Led a brigade of the Parliamentarian foot at Edgehill, where he was killed in battle.

Officer Lists

June 1642 proposed for service in Ireland

September 1642

Strength

See Also

1) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846
2) A List of the Field Officers…, London 1642. British Library Thomason Tracts E 669 f6 (32)
3) A List of the Army Under the Command of Robert Earle of Essex British Library E 117 (30)