Lord Willoughby of Parham’s Regiment of Foot

Parliamentarian regiment of foot of the Eastern Association

• February: Siege of Newark
• July: Storm of Gainsborough
• July to August: Besieged in Gainsborough
• October: Siege of Bolingbroke Castle

• 16th January: Defence of Nottingham
• February to March: Siege of Newark
• March: Storm of Muskham Bridge
• March: Battle of Newark
• March: Defence of Bradford??
• April: Battle of Selby

“To the right honorable the Lord Willibee of Parum

Bought of Alexander Vener as followeth

for 10 silke Ensignes of ritch watchet tafitie with distinctions of white crosses, furnished with staves and tassels at 4 pounds a peece”

[payment received 12 Feb 1643] (N.A. SP28/300/446)

A partial list of the regiment’s officers is shown in Laurence Spring’s Regiments of the Eastern Association¹⁾

Francis, Lord Willoughby of Parham

• Captain Menbey
• Captain Bower
• Captain Wayecraft
• Captain Soute?

• Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Russhie
• Captain Thomas Baizer
• Captain Thomas Kingersbie
• Captain John Kirke
• Captain [W?] Davison
• Captain Francis Grantham

• Captain Henry Lillingstone
• Captain Edward Marsh

• 600 foot drawn out of Gainsborough in July 1643
• The 6 companies paid on April 4th 1644 contained a total of 24 officers and just 66 men. The 2 companies paid in July added 16 men and up to 11 officers. (N. A. SP28/300/128-135)