Colonel Alexander Popham’s Regiment of Foot

Active	1643 to
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Foot
Colonel	Alexander Popham
	Robert Blake
Area Raised	Somerset
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Field Armies	Waller 1643
	Essex 1644

Later Colonel Robert Blake’s Regiment of Foot

Parliamentarian foot raised in Bath and serving in the West Country, eventually besieged in Taunton

Service History

1643

April: Taking of Sherborne
April to May: Siege of Portland
May: Skirmish at Frome
June: Skirmish at Glastonbury and Somerton
July: Battle of Lansdown (det)
July: Siege of Devizes (det)
July: Battle of Roundway Down (det)
July: Besieged in Bristol
November: Siege of Basing House
November: Siege of Basing House

1644

March: Battle of Cheriton?
April to July: Besieged at Lyme Regis
June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge?
July: Siege of Taunton?
July: Battle of Horsebridge
August: Battle of Lostwithiel
September to December: Besieged in Taunton

1645

April to May: Besieged in Taunton
May to July: Besieged in Taunton

Notes

At the beginning of 1643 Popham disarmed Col. Alexander Popham’s Bath Somerset Trained Band of Foot and formed this volunteer Regiment of Foot. After participating in Essex’s Lostwithiel campaign Robert Blake took over, leading it as part of the garrison of Taunton.

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Notable Officers

A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2