Sir William Pennyman’s Yorkshire Trained Band Regiment of Foot

Yorkshire Trained Band of Foot serving in the First Bishops’ War of 1639

• April: Muster at York
• April: Ordered to march to reinforce Berwick
• April to June: Garrison of Berwick along with the Durham Trained Band
• June: Standoff between Birks and Duns Law

In April 1639 the Earl of Essex reinforced Berwick with Pennyman's Yorkshire Trained Band and Sir Charles Vavsour's Durham Trained Band. Sir Michael Ernley was left in command of the garrison, while the Earl of Lindsey commanded the town.

In 1640, a company from Beverley commanded by Pennyman was outfitted in grey coats, as was a company under Sir Thomas Danby ¹⁾

Sir William Pennyman

• May 1639: 1070 men ²⁾