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| - | |**Active**|1643 to 1648| | + | |**Flag Illustration 1**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:yester1.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| |
| + | |**Flag Illustration 2**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:yester2.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| | ||
| + | | |1643 to 1647| | ||
| + | | |1648| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| - | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | + | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops' War| |
| + | | |First Civil War| | ||
| | |Second Civil War| | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Master of Yester| | |**Colonel**|Master of Yester| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|Tweeddale and Linlithgow| | + | |**Area Raised**|Peeblesshire| |
| + | | |Tweeddale and Linlithgow| | ||
| |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|Blue| | |**Flag Colour**|Blue| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|White Saltire| | |**Flag Design**|White Saltire| | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**|Leven 1644-5| | + | |**Field Armies**|Leslie 1639| |
| + | | |Leven 1644-5| | ||
| | |Leslie 1645| | | |Leslie 1645| | ||
| | |Hamilton 1648| | | |Hamilton 1648| | ||
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| - | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, later seeing action in Scotland and in the Second Civil War// | + | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for the Bishops' Wars, then seeing service in England, Scotland and in the Second Civil War// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1639==== | ||
| + | *Raised in Peeblesshire | ||
| + | *March: Taking of Dalkeith House | ||
| + | *June: Join Leslie’s army at Duns Law | ||
| + | *June: Standoff at Duns Law | ||
| + | *June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks | ||
| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| - | *Raised in Linlithgow and Tweeddale | + | *August: Hay commissioned colonel, regiment raised anew in Linlithgow and Tweeddale |
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| *January: Taking of Warkworth? | *January: Taking of Warkworth? | ||
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| *2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor | *2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor | ||
| *July: Siege of York | *July: Siege of York | ||
| - | *July to October: Siege of Newcastle | + | *July to August: Quartered at Leeds |
| + | *August to October: Siege of Newcastle | ||
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| *July to September: Siege of Hereford | *July to September: Siege of Hereford | ||
| + | *July: Small detachment sent to siege of Carlisle | ||
| + | *August: Detachment of 180 men return to Scotland with Leslie | ||
| *September: Battle of Philiphaugh (det) | *September: Battle of Philiphaugh (det) | ||
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| + | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *Quartered in England | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | *January: Return to Scotland | ||
| + | *February: Disbanded | ||
| ====1648==== | ====1648==== | ||
| - | *Raised anew in Haddington | + | *May: Hay commissioned colonel to raise the regiment anew in Haddington and Tweedale |
| + | *July: Create a disturbance at Oldhamstocks Kirk | ||
| *July: Preston campaign | *July: Preston campaign | ||
| *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | ||
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| =====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 | ||
| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| - | The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets. Flags from the regiment were captured at Preston. The Colonel's company carried a white flag while other companies carried blue flags. The white flag had a silver goat’s head crest, with the motto //SPARE NOCHT// and an ornate scroll reading //COVENANT for Religion KING and Kingdomes//. Flags of the other companies were blue with a white saltire and a central silver goat's head surrounded by a wreath. The inscription was //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdomes//((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | + | The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets. Flags from the regiment were captured at Preston. The Colonel's company carried a white flag while other companies carried blue flags. The white flag had a silver goat’s head crest, with the motto //SPARE NOCHT// and an ornate scroll reading //COVENANT for Religion KING and Kingdomes// (Illustration 1). Flags of the other companies were blue with a white saltire and a central silver goat's head surrounded by a wreath. The inscription was //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdomes// (Illustration 2)((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| Lists of the regiment's officers are shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 and in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | Lists of the regiment's officers are shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 and in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | ||
| ====John Hay, Master of Yester==== | ====John Hay, Master of Yester==== | ||
| + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hay,_1st_Marquess_of_Tweeddale|John Hay]], 1st Lord of Yester then succeeded to the title 1st Earl of Tweeddale in 1654. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *November 1645: 299 officers & men | ||
| + | *November 1645: 367 officers & men | ||
| + | *December 1645: 429 officers & men | ||
| + | *January 1646: 516 officers & men | ||
| + | *July 1646: 632 officers & men | ||
| + | *August 1646: 686 officers & men | ||
| + | *May 1648: 1200 foot commissioned to be raised | ||
| + | *August: 81 officers and men surrender at Warrington | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
