Lord Broghill’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment of foot raised in Ireland, shipped to England in early 1644 and fought for the Royalists

• Raised in Munster?
• September: Battle of Liscarroll??

• In Munster

• January: Shipped to Weymouth
• April to June: Siege of Lyme Regis
• June to August: Besieged at Wareham
• July: Skirmish at Dorchester?
• August: Battle of Lostwithiel
• September to January 1646: Siege of Plymouth

• Siege of Plymouth

• Retreat from Plymouth

In 1641-2 Lord Broghill was to raise a company of 100 foot in Munster¹⁾.

The regiment were issued suits of clothes at Bristol, supplied by Thomas Bushell²⁾.

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).

Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill

• 1642: 100 men³⁾
• January 1644: Possibly 800 men shipped to England