Sir Arthur Hesilrigge’s Regiment of Horse
- Service History
  - 1643
  - 1644
  - 1645
- Notes
- Flags & Equipment
- Notable Officers
  - Sir Arthur Hesilrigge
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Sir Arthur Hesilrigge’s Regiment of Horse

Flag Illustration	¹⁾
Active	1642 to 1645
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Horse
Colonel	Sir Arthur Hesilrigge
Area Raised	London
	Leicestershire
Flag Colour	Green
Flag Design	Examples known
Field Armies	Waller 1643-4

The only known regiment of fully-equipped Cuirassiers, known as the London Lobsters due to their distinctive armour, served with Waller during the First Civil War

Service History

1643

March: Storm of Malmesbury (1 troop)
March: Battle of Highnam (1 troop)
April: Skirmish at Little Dean (1 troop)
13th April: Battle of Ripple Field (1 troop)
July: Battle of Lansdown
July: Siege of Devizes
July: Battle of Roundway Down
November: Siege of Basing House
November: Siege of Basing House
November: Standoff at Farnham
December: Storm of Alton Church
December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel

1644

March: Battle of Cheriton
April: Skirmish at Newbury
June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
August: Siege of Wareham
October: Second Battle of Newbury

1645

April: Enter the New Model Army as Colonel John Butler’s Regiment of Horse

Notes

Flags & Equipment

Equipped as Cuirassiers after the Battle of Ripple Field, they were probably re-equipped as conventional harquebusiers after the disastrous Battle of Roundway Down.

The regiment carried green cornets. Sir Arthur's cornet is illustrated above. According to Blount: Sir Arthur Haslerig depainted an Anchor fixed in the Clouds, and the motto in English, ONLY IN HEAVEN²⁾.

Notable Officers

A list of officers 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