| Active | 1642 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Edwin Sands |
| Area Raised | Kent |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Essex 1642 |
Parliamentarian regiment of horse of the Earl of Essex’s army
Sands, or Sandys, was mortally wounded at Powick Bridge
Order for raising money, plate, and horses, in Kent for Captain Edward Berry’s troop, 19 August 1642.
Whereas Captain Edward Berry hath commission to raise a troop of 60 harquebusiers, in the county of Kent, under the command of Colonel Edwyn Sands; and whereas divers well-affected gentlemen there intend to contribute several sums of money, and quantities of plate, to be bestowed on horses for the said troop, towards the defence of the Kingdom, according to the Propositions of the Lords and Commons in Parliament … the horse, money, plate, and arms, to be provided and raised in the said county of Kent, and city and county of the city of Canterbury; and a certificate under their hands, of the value of the same, shall be as available for the lenders as if the horse and arms were valued by the commissaries here in London, to be employed according to their desires in that behalf; and that they may receive, from the Treasurers of Plate in London, so much money, in part of the value of their plate to be sent up, as shall suffice for the completing of the said troop. (TNA, SP28/2A, fol. 127v.; LJ, V, pp. 306-7.)