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| + | ======Colonel John Fox’s Regiment of Dragoons====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
| + | |**Active**|1643-1645| | ||
| + | |**Country**|England| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Parliamentarian| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Dragoons| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|John Fox| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Warwickshire| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Garrison| | ||
| + | | |Denbigh 1644| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Parliamentarian regiment of dragoons based at Edgbaston Hall and known for their prolific raiding// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1643==== | ||
| + | *October: Garrison of Edgbaston Hall | ||
| + | *December: Siege of Aston Hall? | ||
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| + | ====1644==== | ||
| + | *March: Fox commissioned Colonel | ||
| + | *March: Skirmish at Stourbridge Heath | ||
| + | *April: Taking of Hawkesley Hall? | ||
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| + | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | Fox' dragoons likely had a similar history to his three troops of [[parliamentarian:horse-regiments:col.-john-fox|Colonel John Fox’s Regiment of Horse]]. A journal article discusses Tinker Fox and his exploits [[https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/361|Hopper, Andrew (1999), "'Tinker' Fox and the Politics of Garrison Warfare in the West Midlands, 1643-50", Midland History 26 (1): 98–113]]. =====Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Colonel John ‘Tinker’ Fox==== | ||
| + | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Fox|John Fox]] was nicknemd 'Tinker' by Royalist propagandists. Rumoured to have been King Charles I’s executioner, this is not supported by any evidence. Another biography at [[http://www.johnfox.org.uk/doku.php/history/johnfox|Colonel John Fox’s Regiment website]] | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *Two troops in 1644 | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
| + | Fox's garrison is now re-enacted by [[http://www.johnfox.org.uk/doku.php/welcome|Colonel John Fox’s Regiment]] of the [[http://ecws.org.uk/cms/membership|English Civil War Society]]. | ||
