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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) |
| ====1649==== | ====1649==== | ||
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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://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. | [[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. | ||
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| ====Trooper Edward Sexby==== | ====Trooper Edward Sexby==== | ||
| [[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. | [[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 | ||
