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| - | |**Active**|1639| | + | |**Active**|1639 to 1640| |
| |**Country**|England| | |**Country**|England| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|English| | |**Allegiance**|English| | ||
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| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| |**Captain**|Sir John Suckling| | |**Captain**|Sir John Suckling| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**| | | + | |**Area Raised**|London| |
| + | |**Coats**|Scarlet| | ||
| |**Flag Colour**| | | |**Flag Colour**| | | ||
| |**Flag Design**| | | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**|1639| | + | |**Field Armies**|Charles 1639| |
| + | | |Charles 1640| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //English cavalry troop that was raised for the First Bishops’ War of 1639// | + | //English cavalry troop that served in the First and Second Bishops’ Wars// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| ====1639==== | ====1639==== | ||
| *Raised | *Raised | ||
| - | *May: March to the camp at Berwick | + | *May: March to the camp at Birks |
| + | *June: Retire from Kelso | ||
| + | *June: Standoff between Birks and Duns Law | ||
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| + | ====1640==== | ||
| + | *August: Battle of Newburn Ford? | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| - | Outfitting Suckling's troop was said to have cost him £12,000. Suckling's efforts were satirised in verse, //On Sir John Suckling's most warlike preparations for the Scottish war//. | + | Outfitting Suckling's troop was said to have cost him £12,000. Suckling's efforts were satirised in verse, //On Sir John Suckling's most warlike preparations for the Scottish war//. Unsure whether Suckling's troop were in fact at Newburn Ford. |
| - | ===== Flags & Equipment===== | + | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== |
| - | The troop apparently wore splendid scarlet coats and plumed hats. | + | The troop apparently wore white doublets, splendid scarlet coats and scarlet plumed hats in 1639. |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====Sir John Suckling==== | ====Sir John Suckling==== | ||
