Colonel Roger Fenwick’s Regiment of Foot

Later Colonel Robert Barrow’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment of foot raised in England for service in Ireland

• July: Raised in Shropshire
• October: Sail from Liverpool, but refused admittance to Dublin by Ormond
• October: Land at Lecale, remaining there over the winter

• April: Garrison of Trim
• July to August: Besieged at Trim
• August: Battle of Dungan’s Hill

• June: Garrison Kildare
• Fenwick in South Wales unsuccessfully trying to recruit

• August: Battle of Rathmines?
• Autumn: 1000 men recruited from England

• June: Sent to Ulster to support Sir Charles Coote
• June: Battle of Scarrifhollis, Fenwick killed
• Regiment passes to Robert Barrow

• Disbanded

A history of the regiment is given in The Regimental History of Cromwell's Army by Sir Charles Firth and Godfrey Davies, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940

The regiment was raised in England in 1646 by Roger Fenwick, refused entry to Dublin, they landed instead at Lecale, moving to garrison Trim the next spring. Besieged at Trim by Preston, they joined Michael Jones’ force, defeating Preston at Dungan’s Hill. In 1648 they garrisoned Kildare and in 1650 were sent to reinforce Sir Charles Coote in Ulster, fighting at Scarrifhollis where Fenwick was mortally wounded in the initial exchange of musketry. Robert Barrow took over at Colonel and the regiment was disbanded in 1653.

Presumably red coats.

(Or possibly John??)

Barrow had previously served as Lieutenant Colonel in Venables’ Regiment.

Colonell Fenwick's regiment mustered March 1647 at Lecale¹⁾

• Colonell's company, 70;
• leiutenant colonell, 72 ;
• sargeant-major, 85 ;
• Captain Stanley, 75 ;
• Captain Hartley, 73.
• Captain Farrington, 92 ;
• Captain Pagnham, 85 ;
• Captain Corslett, 72 ;
• Captain Richard Dixon, 61 (one of the original captains in the regiment but had not received his commission by the time he arrived in Ireland)²⁾

Mustered in garrison at Trim on April 1st 1647³⁾

• Colonell's company, 10 officers and 50 privat men
• leiutenant colonell, 8 and 42
• sargeant-major, 10 and 62
• Captain Stanley, 10 and 62
• Captain Hartley, 8 and 51
• Captain Farrington, 9 and 64
• Captain Pagnham/Packenham, 9 and 61
• Captain Corslett, 10 and 61
• Captain Richard Dixon, 8 and 48

In addition the Trim garrison contained additional companies:

• Captain Draper's Firelocks, 8 officers and 60 men
• Sir Phillip Percivall's, 5 and 25
• Captain Graham 10 and 55
• Captain Cadogan 9 and 60

• March 1647: 685 rank and file
• 1648: 360 private soldiers