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Sir Henry Foulis’ Regiment of Horse

Active 1642 to 1645
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeHorse
ColonelSir Henry Foulis
Sir William Fairfax
Matthew Alured
Area RaisedYorkshire
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Field ArmiesFairfax 1642-5

Later Sir William Fairfax’s, then Colonel Matthew Alured’s Regiment of Horse

Parliamentarian regiment of horse serving throughout the First Civil War in the Northern Association with the Fairfaxes in Yorkshire

Service History

1642

1643

1644

1645

Notes

Foulis, William Fairfax and Matthew Alured all commanded troops in Lord Fairfax’s army of the Northern Association in early 1643, as did Alured’s brothers, John and Charles. While seemingly often acting independently, they appear to first have been regimented under Sir Henry Foulis. According to Alured's pay claim (N. A. SP28/34/399) this was a single regiment under Colonels Sir Henry Foulis, Sir William Fairfax, and Matthew Alured in succession. By January 1644 Sir William Fairfax appears as Colonel, but was killed in action at Montgomery in the September and succeeded by Matthew Alured.

Flags and Equipment

Notable Officers

Sir Henry Foulis

Sir William Fairfax

Killed at the Battle of Montgomery

Colonel Matthew Alured

In 1659 he took over Colonel Thomas Sheffield’s Regiment of Horse of the New Model Army.

Officer List

Strength

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