Sir Thomas Fairfax’s Regiment of Horse
- Service History
  - 1642
  - 1643
  - 1644
  - 1645
- Notes
- Flags
- Notable Officers
  - Sir Thomas Fairfax
  - Officer List
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Sir Thomas Fairfax’s Regiment of Horse

Active	1642-5
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Horse
Colonel	Sir Thomas Fairfax
Area Raised	Yorkshire
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies	Fairfax 1642-5

Parliamentarian regiment of horse commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, Lieutenant General of the Northern Association

Service History

1642

October: Skirmish at Bradford
November: Skirmish at Hull
November: Skirmish at Wetherby
December: Battle of Tadcaster
December: Skirmish at Monk Fryston
December: Skirmish at Sherburn

1643

January: Storm of Leeds
March: Battle of Seacroft Moor
April: Besieged in Leeds
May: Storm of Wakefield
June: Battle of Adwalton Moor
July: Besieged in Bradford
July: Skirmish at Selby
August: Skirmish at Beverley
August: Taking of Stamford Bridge
September: Besieged in Hull
October to November: Siege of Bolingbroke Castle
October: Battle of Winceby

1644

25th January: Battle of Nantwich
February to March: Siege of Lathom House
April: Battle of Selby
April to July: Siege of York
2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor
July: Siege of York
December to March 1645: Siege of Pontefract?

1645

May: Sir Thomas Fairfax leaves to command the New Model Army
Regiment reduced into Colonel Christopher Copley’s Regiment of Horse??

Notes

In 1645 the regiment seems to have come under Copley's command after Fairfax was made General of the New Model Army. Any clarification gratefully received!

Flags

Notable Officers

Sir Thomas Fairfax

Officer List

Captain John Askwith (27/05/43 - 21/05/44 Of Leeds)
Captain Simon Askwith (21/05/44 - 18/02/45 Of Leeds. Took over the troop of John Askwith . Of Leeds. Later served under Sir William Constable and Col. Christopher Copley)

Strength

Initially a single troop, but expanded to a full regiment

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