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Yellow Regiment of Foot of the London Trained Bands

Flag Illustration1)
Active1642-
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelSir John Wollaston
Ralph Harrison
Laurence Bromfield
Robert Tichbourne
William Vale
Coat Colour
Area RaisedFarringdon Within, Castle Baynard
and Aldersgate: London
Flag ColourYellow
Flag DesignBlack Mullets
Field ArmiesWaller 1644

Regiment of foot of the London Trained Bands

Service History

1642

1643

1644

1645

1646

1647

1658

1659

Notes

Flags

The regiment carried yellow flags with black stars in April 1642 and September 1643 2).

Notable Officers

A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2

Sir John Wollaston

Sir John Wollaston, Lord Mayor of London in 1643.

Ralph Harrison

Colonel in 1646, replaced by the Presbyterians in 1647 then restored by the Independents

Laurence Bromfield

Colonel in 1647 under the Presbyterians

Robert Tichbourne

A skinner, he commanded the yellow regiment in 1658

John Owen

A stationer, Colonel 1659

William Vale

A vintner, Colonel 1659-1660

Officer Lists

April 1642

3rd Regiment, The Yellow Regiment “The Distinctions Sable being mullets”3)

September 1642

The London Bands Alarm Places4) The Yellow Regiment of the London Trained Bands

September 1643

The Yellow Regiment of the London Trained Bands (7 companies)5)

October 1646

Lining the route of procession at the Earl of Essex's funeral6)

City Yellow Tr. Band

July 1647

Officers granted arrears in the final hours of the Presbyterian Militia Committee’s existence on 23 July 1647 7).

City Yellow Trained Band

December 1647

Officers after re-organisation under the dominance of the Independents8).

City Yellow Trained Band

Strength

See Also

1) Flag image by kind permission of Wargames Designs
2) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846
3) The Names Dignitie & Places of the Severall Colonells…, London 1642. British Library Thomason Tracts E669 f6 (10).
4) British Library Thomason Tracts E669 f6
5) The London Trained Bands Mustered in Finsbury Fields 26 September 1643; Ensignes of the Regiments in the rebellious Citty of London, National Army Museum Ms 6807-53
6) The Militia of London 1641-1649 PhD Thesis, Lawson Chase Nagel, King’s College, University of London, 1982.
7) , 8) The Militia of London 1641-1649 PhD Thesis, Lawson Chase Nagel, King’s College, University of London, 1982.