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Staff of Essex's Army
September 1642
September 1643
Staff of Essex's Army
September 1642
Captain General: Robert Devereaux, 2nd Earl of Essex
1)
Sgt-Major-General: Sir John Merrick
Provost Marshal General: Captain James Seigneur
Carriage Master General: Captain Thomas Richardson
Officers of the Lord General's Train:
Treasurer at Wars: Sir Gilbert Gerrard
Muster-Master General: Lionel Copley Esq.
Advocate of the Army: Dr Isaac Dorislaus
Secretary to the Army: Henry Parker Esq.
Auditor of the Army: Robert Chambers
The Council of War:
President: Sir John Merrick, Sgt-Major-General
Sir William Balfour, Lt General of Horse
Colonel James Wardlaw
Colonel Thomas Grantham
Colonel Sir William Constable
Philibert Emmanuel de Boys, Lt General of Artillery
Dr Isaac Dorislaus, Advocate of the Army
Officers General of Horse:
Lord General: William Russel, 5th Earl of Bedford
Lt General: Sir William Balfour
Quartermaster General: John Dalbier
Commissary for the Horse: Sir Edward Dodsworth
Provost Marshal General: John Baldwine
September 1643
At the First Battle of Newbury
2)
Commander-in-Chief: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Lieutenant-General of the Horse: Sir William Balfour (absent) duties probably performed by Sir James Ramsay
Major-General of Foot: Philip Skippon
Muster-Master-General: Captain Lionel Copley
Commissary-General: Colonel Hans Behre
Adjutant-General of the Foot: Lieutenant Colonel Bayley
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance: Sir John Merrick
1)
A List of the Army Under the Command of Robert Earle of Essex British Library E 117 (30)
2)
A True Relation of the Late Expedition of His Excellency Robert Earle of Essex…etc, London 1643