| Flag Illustration 1 | 1) |
| Active | 1643 to 1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Richard Bagot (d. 7 July 1645) |
| | Harvey Bagot |
| Area Raised | Staffordshire |
| Coat Colour |
| Flag Colour | Blue |
| Flag Design | Yellow Mullets |
| Field Armies | Garrison |
| | Rupert 1644 |
| | Oxford 1645 |
Later Colonel Harvey Bagot’s Regiment of Foot
Royalist regiment of foot in garrison at Lichfield, elements serving with Prince Rupert in 1644 and the Oxford Army in 1645
Service History
1644
January: Taking of Burton on Trent?
March: Battle of Cotes Bridge
March: Battle of Newark
August: Skirmish at Burton on Trent?
1645
May: Storm of Leicester
June: Battle of Naseby
August: Storm of Huntingdon
September: Battle of Rowton Heath?
October: Unknown but a detachment 3 Officers and 79 men “marched out”
December: Relief (attempted) of Chester
1646
Notes
Bagot's regiment formed the Royalist garrison of Lichfield from 1644 and soon gained a reputation as prolific skirmishers and plunderers. Although serving at a number of major battles, they appear to have maintained part of the regiment in garrison at Lichfield throughout.
Coats and Flags
Coat colour unknown. They carried blue flags with star devices in May 16452), the flags are occasionally shown as purple in some publications.
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
Colonel Richard Bagot
Governor of Lichfield, he accompanied the regiment to Naseby but was seriously wounded, dying soon after Bagot family ODNB.
Colonel Harvey Bagot
Strength
11 October 1645: 397 men plus 68 NCOs, Drummers (including a Drum Major in the Colonel's Company), etc. and 16 Officers, in 7 companies + Captain Zachariah Turnpenny's “Citizen Company” (3 Officers, other strength unknown)
20 October 1645: 322 men plus 58 NCOs, Drummers (including a Drum Major in the Colonel's Company), etc. and ? Officers, in 7 companies + Captain Zachariah Turnpenny's “Citizen Company” (3 Officers, other strength unknown)
1 November 1645: 427 men plus 68 NCOs, Drummers (including a Drum Major in the Colonel's Company), etc. and ? Officers, in 7 companies + Captain Zachariah Turnpenny's “CitizenCompany” (3 Officers, other strength unknown)
26 November 1645: 386 men plus 71 NCOs, Drummers (including a Drum Major in the Colonel's Company), etc. and ? Officers, in 7 companies + Captain Zachariah Turnpenny's “Citizen Company” (3 Officers, other strength unknown)
24 December 1645: 353 men plus 76 NCOs, Drummers (including a Drum Major in the Colonel's Company and a “gunsmith” in each company), etc. and ? Officers, in 7 companies + Captain Zachariah Turnpenny's “Citizen Company” (2 Officers, other strength unknown)
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