Earl of Stamford’s Regiment of Foot

Later Sir Edward Massey's, then Colonel Charles Blunt's Regiment of Foot

Raised as part of Essex’s army in 1642, garrisoned Gloucester under Massey’s command

• September: Skirmish at Stony Stratford
• September: Skirmish at Market Harborough?
• October: Skirmish at Presteigne

• January: Siege of Sudeley Castle
• February: Stormed at Cirencester (det)
• March: Battle of Highnam
• April: Battle of Ripple Field
• April: Siege of Hereford
• May: Siege of Worcester
• August to September: Besieged in Gloucester
• October: Taking of Tewkesbury?
• November: Skirmish at Wootton under Edge?

• January: Raid on Chepstow?
• February: Storm of White Cross
• April: Repulsed from Newent?
• April: Repulsed from Tewkesbury?
• May: Taking of Little Dean
• May: Storm of Newnham
• May: Taking of Beverstone Castle
• May: Storm of Malmesbury
• June: Storm of Tewkesbury
• August: Skirmish at Redmarley
• September: Storm of Monmouth
• September: Storm of Beachley
• October: Storm of Beachley

• April: Battle of Ledbury

The regiment were issued blue coats in August 1642 ¹⁾and appear to have remained in blue under Massey at Gloucester.

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

Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford

Sir Edward Massey, originally Lieutenant-Colonel, he led the regiment at Gloucester and was eventually promoted to Colonel.

The Earl of Stamford's Regiment are re-enacted by The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot and by The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote of the English Civil War Society of America.