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| - | |**Active**|1648| | + | |**Flag Illustration 1**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:preston_1.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| |
| + | |**Active**|1639, 1640| | ||
| + | | |1648, 1651, 1653| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| - | |**Conflicts**|Second Civil War| | + | | |Royalist| |
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops' War| | ||
| + | | |Second Bishops' War| | ||
| + | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Third Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Glencairn's Rising| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| - | |**Colonel**|Earl of Atholl| | + | |**Colonel**|1st Earl of Atholl| |
| - | |**Area Raised**| | | + | | |2nd Earl of Atholl| |
| + | |**Area Raised**|Perthshire| | ||
| |**Coat Colour**|Grey? | | |**Coat Colour**|Grey? | | ||
| - | |**Flag Colour**|| | + | |**Flag Colour**|Blue| |
| - | |**Flag Design**|| | + | |**Flag Design**|White saltire edged red| |
| - | |**Field Armies**|Hamilton 1648| | + | |**Field Armies**|Montrose 1639| |
| + | | |Leslie 1640| | ||
| + | | |Hamilton 1648| | ||
| + | | |Charles 1651| | ||
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| - | //Covenanter regiment of foot serving on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War// | + | //Covenanter regiment of foot serving in the Bishops' Wars, on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War, the Third and raised again during Glencairn's rising// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1639==== | ||
| + | *June: Battle of Megray Hill | ||
| + | *June: Skirmish at the Brig o' Dee | ||
| + | *June: Occupy Aberdeen | ||
| + | *June: Likely disbanded | ||
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| + | ====1640==== | ||
| + | *July: Raised in Perthshire as a condition of Atholl's release by Argyll | ||
| + | *Join Leslie's army at the Border | ||
| + | *August: Invade England | ||
| + | *August: Taking of Newcastle | ||
| + | *August to August 1641: Occupy Newcastle | ||
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| + | ====1641==== | ||
| + | *August: Return to Scotland and disband after the Treaty of London | ||
| ====1648==== | ====1648==== | ||
| - | * August: Battle of Winwick Pass | + | *May: Raised in Perthshire |
| + | *July: Preston campaign | ||
| + | *July: Skirmish at Penrith? | ||
| + | *July: Skirmish at Appleby? | ||
| + | *July: Skirmish at Stainmore? | ||
| + | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | ||
| + | *August: Surrender to the New Model Army at Winwick and Warrington | ||
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| + | ====1650==== | ||
| + | *October: Atholl joins Middleton's rising | ||
| + | *December: Atholl commissioned as a colonel of foot for Perthshire | ||
| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *Re-raised in Perthshire | ||
| + | *May: Arrive at Stirling | ||
| + | *August: Sent to Atholl | ||
| + | ====1653==== | ||
| + | *Join Glencairn's rising | ||
| + | ====1654==== | ||
| + | *September: Surrender to Monck | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
| + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
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| + | While Reid places the regiment at the Battle of Worcester, Furgol states that they did not serve on the Worcester campaign. | ||
| =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| + | Identified as having blue flags at Preston with a red-edged white saltire and an inscription in gold //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdoms// (Illustration 1)((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1)). Atholl's regiment of 1653 also carried blue colours. | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | ====John Murray, Earl of Atholl==== | + | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 |
| + | ====John Murray, 1st Earl of Atholl==== | ||
| + | A Royalist in sympathy, he nevertheless raised forces for the Covenanters in the Bishops' Wars. In 1642 he died and was succeeded by his son, the Second Earl. | ||
| + | ====John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl==== | ||
| + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray,_1st_Marquess_of_Atholl|John Murray]] | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *1639: 300 men at Aberdeen | ||
| + | *1640: Between 500 and 800 strong | ||
| + | *May 1647: 800 authorised | ||
| + | *August 1647: 168 officers and men surrender at Warrington | ||
| + | *1651: Estimated as 1000 men, likely wrongly | ||
| + | *June 1651: 856 men | ||
| + | *June 1651: 715 foot with 164 joining later | ||
| + | *July: 100 foot from Dunkeld assigned to the regiment | ||
| + | *July: 859 men | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
