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| - | |**Flag Illustration**|{{:commonwealth:foot-regiments:hesilrigge-f.png?200|}}((Flag image by kind permission of [[http://www.wargamesdesigns.com/freebies---ecw.html|Wargames Designs]]))| | + | |**Flag Illustration 1**|{{:commonwealth:foot-regiments:fideliterfaeliciter.png?200|}}((Flag image by kind permission of [[http://www.wargamesdesigns.com/freebies---ecw.html|Wargames Designs]]))| |
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| |**Active**|1648 to 1660| | |**Active**|1648 to 1660| | ||
| |**Country**|England| | |**Country**|England| | ||
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| ====1655==== | ====1655==== | ||
| ====1656==== | ====1656==== | ||
| + | *In garrison at Leith and other places | ||
| ====1657==== | ====1657==== | ||
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| ===== Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ===== Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| - | Presumably they were issued with red coats. In 1649 Charles Fairfax ordered ten new colours in //the best taffety of the deepest blue that can be got//. The Colonel’s colour bore the motto //Fideliter Faeliciter// within a well-wrought round and a handsome compartment. The Lt Col’s blue with a St George cross in a canton, the Major likewise with white streaks, and the Captains distinguished by white mullets. | + | Presumably they were issued with red coats. In 1649 Charles Fairfax ordered ten new colours in //the best taffety of the deepest blue that can be got//. The Colonel’s colour bore the motto //FIDELITER FAELICITER// within a well-wrought round and a handsome compartment. The Lt Col’s blue with a St George cross in a canton, the Major likewise with white streaks, and the Captains distinguished by white mullets. The Colonel's and second Captain's colours are illustrated above. |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ==== Charles Fairfax==== | ==== Charles Fairfax==== | ||
| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fairfax_(antiquary)|Charles Fairfax]] (1597-1673) was brother of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, and uncle of Sir Thomas Fairfax. He is not to be confused with the Charles Fairfax killed in the First Civil War. | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fairfax_(antiquary)|Charles Fairfax]] (1597-1673) was brother of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, and uncle of Sir Thomas Fairfax. He is not to be confused with the Charles Fairfax killed in the First Civil War. | ||
| + | ===1656=== | ||
| + | Colonel Charles Fairfax's Regiment of Foot((Worcester College Oxford, Clarke Manuscripts)) | ||
| + | *Colonel's company at Leith, commanded by Captain Lieutenant Francis Hartley | ||
| + | *Lt Colonel John Mason's company at Leith | ||
| + | *Major Daniel Davison's company at Enstruther | ||
| + | *Captain Thomas Sutton's company at Leith | ||
| + | *Captain John Rogers' company at Burntisland | ||
| + | *Captain Samuel Poole's company at Kirkcauldy | ||
| + | *Captain John (?) Freeman's company at Cooper | ||
| + | *Captain John Pym's company at St Andrews | ||
| + | *Captain Reve Bailey's company at Inverlochy | ||
| + | *Captain William Wilkinson's company at St Johnstons | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *10 Companies | *10 Companies | ||
