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| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| - | |**Conflicts**|Second Bishops' Wars| | + | |**Conflicts**|Second Bishops' War| |
| | |First Civil War| | | |First Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Sir James Ramsay| | |**Colonel**|Sir James Ramsay| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**| | | + | |**Area Raised**|Lothian| |
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| |**Field Armies**|Leslie 1640-1| | |**Field Armies**|Leslie 1640-1| | ||
| + | | |Callendar 1644| | ||
| | |Balfour 1644| | | |Balfour 1644| | ||
| | |Leven 1645| | | |Leven 1645| | ||
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| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| - | *Raised for service in England, but soon return to Scotland | + | *Spring: Raised for service in England |
| + | *June: Join Callendar's force | ||
| + | *September: Return to Scotland | ||
| *October: Battle of Fyvie (3 troops) | *October: Battle of Fyvie (3 troops) | ||
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *Return to England | ||
| + | *Spring: Ramsay made governor of Berwick, probably the regiment garrisons Berwick | ||
| *November to May 1646: Siege of Newark | *November to May 1646: Siege of Newark | ||
| ====1646==== | ====1646==== | ||
| *May: Taking of Newark | *May: Taking of Newark | ||
| + | *Quartered in Cleveland | ||
| + | *Return to Scotland | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | *February: Disbanded | ||
| =====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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| Also known at the Lothian Horse in 1640. Furgol suggests that [[covenanter:horse-regiments:robert-dundas|Routmaster Robert Dundas’ Troop of Horse]] may have joined the regiment around July 1644. | Also known at the Lothian Horse in 1640. Furgol suggests that [[covenanter:horse-regiments:robert-dundas|Routmaster Robert Dundas’ Troop of Horse]] may have joined the regiment around July 1644. | ||
| ===== Flags===== | ===== Flags===== | ||
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| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | ||
| ==== Sir James Ramsay ==== | ==== Sir James Ramsay ==== | ||
| - | Appointed governor of Berwick after Fyvie | + | Major General of Horse in 1644. Appointed governor of Berwick after Fyvie |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| - | *January 1646: 417 strong at Newark | + | *January 1646: 417 strong at Newark in 8 troops |
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
