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Sir William Boteler’s Regiment of Horse

Active1643-1646
CountryEngland
AllegianceRoyalist
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeHorse
ColonelSir William Boteler
Richard Thornhill
Area Raised
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesHopton 1643-4
Oxford 1644
Goring 1645
Hopton 1646

Later Colonel Richard Thornhill’s Regiment of Horse

Royalist regiment of horse serving with Hopton, the Oxford Army, then in the West

Service History

1643

1644

1645

1646

Notes

In May 1645 they skirmished with Sir William Courtney’s Regiment of Royalist horse by mistake, thinking them Parliamentarians.

Flags

Notable Officers

Sir William Boteler

Sir William Boteler was killed at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

Colonel Richard Thornhill

Royalist conspirator during the inter-regnum

Strength

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