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Colonel William, Master of Forbes’ Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1639 |
| 1640 to 1641 | |
| 1644 to 1645 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | First Bishops’ War |
| Second Bishops' War | |
| First Civil War | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | William Forbes |
| Area Raised | Aberdeenshire |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Montrose 1639 |
| Munro 1640 | |
| Balfour 1644 | |
Covenanters serving in the Aberdeen area during the Bishops’ Wars, eventually disbanded for misconduct, raised again to oppose Montrose in 1644
Service History
1639
- Raised in Aberdeenshire
- March: Occupy Aberdeen
- May: Skirmish at the Trot o’ Turriff
- May: Occupy Aberdeen
- June: Skirmish at Brig o’ Dee
- June: Occupy Aberdeen
- June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks
1640
- Raised in Aberdeenshire
- May: Occupy Aberdeen
- July: Siege of Strathbogie Castle (det of 500)
- July: Take Spynie Palace? (det of 500)
- August: Destroy the Laird of Banff's house at Banff (det of 500)
- August: Loot Inchdrewer House? (det of 500)
- August to February 1641: Occupy Aberdeen, where their conduct was highly disorderly
1641
- February: Disbanded due to their behaviour at Aberdeen
1644
- April: Forbes musters his men and meets Argyll at Dunottar
- May: Occupy Aberdeen
- September: Battle of Aberdeen
1645
- March: Mustered anew
- May: Skirmish at the head of Strathdon?
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
Perhaps not properly regimented in 1639, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’. By 1640 they are referred to as foot. In 1644 they likely revert to a retinue.
