| Active | 1642-1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Lord Hopton |
| Area Raised | Somerset |
| Flag Colour | Red |
| Flag Design | Two known |
| Field Armies | Hopton 1642-6 |
West Country cavalry regiment serving with Lord Hopton throughout the First Civil War
Lord Hopton’s cavalry troop standard in 1644 was noted by Symmonds as red, fringed red and white, with a canon discharging in gold and a motto in gold letters above Et sacris compescuit ignibus ignes (He extinguished fires with sacred fires). At that time Hopton was General of Artillery to Prince Maurice. At Torrington in 1646 another cornet, said to be Hopton’s, was captured. It bore the motto I will strive to serve my Sovereign King.
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
Originally a single troop, expanded to a full regiment after the storm of Bristol.