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| *June: Battle of Maidstone | *June: Battle of Maidstone | ||
| *June: Battle at Colchester | *June: Battle at Colchester | ||
| - | *June to August: Siege of Colchester | + | *June to August: Siege of Colchester (4 troops led by Desborough) |
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| *April: Lord Fauconberg replaces Hesilrige as Colonel | *April: Lord Fauconberg replaces Hesilrige as Colonel | ||
| *April: Robert Heslirige’s troop follows Lambert | *April: Robert Heslirige’s troop follows Lambert | ||
| - | *April: Lambert force surrenders at Daventry | + | *April: Robert Heslirige’s troop surrenders with Lambert's force at Daventry |
| *June: The Duke of York becomes nominal Colonel | *June: The Duke of York becomes nominal Colonel | ||
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| ===== Flags and Equipment===== | ===== Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
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| ====Sir Thomas Fairfax==== | ====Sir Thomas Fairfax==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/fairfax.htm|Sir Thomas Fairfax]] | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/sir-thomas-fairfax|Sir Thomas Fairfax]] commanded as lord-general from the formation of the New Model Army until his resignation in 1650 after he refused to lead a pre-emptive invasion of Scotland, which was still allied with England under the Solemn League and Covenant. |
| ====Oliver Cromwell==== | ====Oliver Cromwell==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/oliver-cromwell.htm|Oliver Cromwell]] | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/oliver-cromwell|Oliver Cromwell]] led the army to victory at Dunbar and Worcester and remained commander-in-chief until his death in 1658. |
| ====Richard Cromwell==== | ====Richard Cromwell==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/richard-cromwell.htm|Richard Cromwell]] was nominally Colonel after the death of his father. | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/richard-cromwell|Richard Cromwell]] was nominally Colonel after the death of his father. |
| ====William Packer==== | ====William Packer==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/packer.htm|William Packer]] was previously Major of the regiment. He was appointed deputy to Major General Fleetwood in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and was notorious for his severity as a 'Major General'. He was dismissed from command in 1658 then re-instated as Colonel in May 1659 before being replaced again by Hesilrige in the same October. | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/william-packer|William Packer]] was previously Major of the regiment. He was appointed deputy to Major General Fleetwood in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and was notorious for his severity as a 'Major General'. He was dismissed from command in 1658 then re-instated as Colonel in May 1659 before being replaced again by Hesilrige in the same October. |
| ====Sir Arthur Hesilrige==== | ====Sir Arthur Hesilrige==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/haselrig.htm|Sir Arthur Hesilrige]] | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/sir-arthur-hesilrige|Sir Arthur Hesilrige]] briefly commanded the regiment during the final revival of the Commonwealth before Monck initiated the Restoration. |
| ====Lord Fauconberg==== | ====Lord Fauconberg==== | ||
| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Belasyse,_1st_Earl_Fauconberg|Thomas Belasyse, Lord Fauconberg]] was son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell but later in favour of the Restoration. | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Belasyse,_1st_Earl_Fauconberg|Thomas Belasyse, Lord Fauconberg]] was son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell but later in favour of the Restoration. | ||
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_ii|Prince James]] | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_ii|Prince James]] | ||
| ====Major John Desborough==== | ====Major John Desborough==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/disbrowe.htm|John Desborough]] | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/john-disbrowe|John Desborough]] Oliver Cromwell's brother-in-law who with Fleetwood was instrumental in bringing down the Protectorate. |
| ====Trooper Edward Sexby==== | ====Trooper Edward Sexby==== | ||
| - | [[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/sexby.htm|Edward Sexby]] (c1616-1658) was an agitator from the regiment who rose to be governor of Portland in 1649, Colonel of his newly-raised regiment in 1650, was cashiered in 1651, became a prominent Leveller and plotted to kill Oliver Cromwell, he died as a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1658. | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/edward-sexby|Edward Sexby]] (c1616-1658) was an agitator from the regiment who rose to be governor of Portland in 1649, Colonel of his newly-raised regiment in 1650, was cashiered in 1651, became a prominent Leveller and plotted to kill Oliver Cromwell, he died as a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1658. |
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| + | ====Officer Lists==== | ||
| + | More detailed lists of officers for April and May 1645, December 1646, May and August 1647 and May 1649 are shown in //Reconstructing the New Model Army. Volume 1, Regimental Lists April 1645 to May 1649// by Malcolm Wanklyn, Helion & Co. 2015. ISBN 978-1-910777-10-7. | ||
| + | ===May 1645 and December 1646=== | ||
| + | From //Anglia Rediviva//((Sprigge, Joshua, Anglia Rediviva, London 1647)) | ||
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| + | *Colonel: Sir Thomas Fairfax, His Excellency's Troop commanded by Captain-Lieutenant John Gladman | ||
| + | *Major: John Disbrowe | ||
| + | *Captain: Adam Lawrence | ||
| + | *Captain: John Browne | ||
| + | *Captain: William Packer | ||
| + | *Captain: James Berry | ||
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| + | ===1656=== | ||
| + | The Lord Protector's Regiment of Horse((Worcester College Oxford, Clarke Manuscripts)) | ||
| + | *Colonel's troop at Paisley & Irwin | ||
| + | *Major William Packer's troop at St Johnstons, "6 and a corporal" at Sinclair Castle | ||
| + | *Captain John Gladman's troop at Stirling | ||
| + | *Captain William Malin's troop at Kilmarnock & Maibold | ||
| + | *Captain William Barrington's troop at St Andrews "of which twelve" at Ruthin Castle | ||
| + | *Captain Anthony Spinach's troop at Sterling Down & Cardross | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *1645: Established at six troops | *1645: Established at six troops | ||
