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Earl of Stamford’s Regiment of Foot

Active1642-1645
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelEarl of Stamford
Sir Edward Massey
Charles Blunt
Area RaisedSouth East
Coat ColourBlue lined white
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies

Later Sir Edward Massey's, then Colonel Charles Blunt's Regiment of Foot

Raised as part of Essex’s army in 1642, garrisoned Gloucester under Massey’s command

Service History

1642

1643

1644

1645

Notes

Coats and Flags

The regiment were issued blue coats in August 16421) and appear to have remained in blue under Massey at Gloucester.

Notable Officers

A list of officers while at Gloucester is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2

Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford

Sir Edward Massey

Sir Edward Massey, originally Lieutenant-Colonel, he led the regiment at Gloucester and was eventually promoted to Colonel.

Charles Blunt

Officer List

September 1642

Strength

See Also

The Earl of Stamford's Regiment are re-enacted by The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot and by The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote of the English Civil War Society of America.

1) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846
2) A List of the Army Under the Command of Robert Earle of Essex British Library E 117 (30