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| |**Colonel**|John Pickering| | |**Colonel**|John Pickering| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|East Anglia| | |**Area Raised**|East Anglia| | ||
| - | |**Coat Colour**| | | + | |**Coat Colour**|Red lined blue((The Regiments of the Eastern Association Vol. 2, Laurence Spring, Stuart Press 1998 ISBN 1 85804 119 8))| |
| - | |**Flag Colour**|| | + | |**Flag Colour**|Blue??| |
| |**Flag Design**| | | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| |**Field Armies**|Manchester 1644-5| | |**Field Armies**|Manchester 1644-5| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Parliamentarian regiment of foot of the Eastern Association// | + | //Parliamentarian regiment of foot of the Eastern Association fighting at Marston Moor and later joining the New Model Army// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| - | *February: Repulsed from Hillesden House? | + | *March: Commissioned to be raised |
| + | *May: Storm of Lincoln | ||
| *May to July: Siege of York | *May to July: Siege of York | ||
| - | *July: Battle of Marston Moor | + | *July: Battle of Marston Moor - //10 companies// |
| *July: Siege of York | *July: Siege of York | ||
| *July to August: Siege of Sheffield Castle | *July to August: Siege of Sheffield Castle | ||
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| ====1645=== | ====1645=== | ||
| + | *January to March: Garrison of Abingdon | ||
| *January: Defence of Abingdon? | *January: Defence of Abingdon? | ||
| *April: Join the New Model Army as [[new-model-army:foot-regiments:john-pickering|Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foot]] | *April: Join the New Model Army as [[new-model-army:foot-regiments:john-pickering|Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | A history of the regiment is shown at [[http://coloneljohnpickering.co.uk/colonel-john-pickerings-regiment-a-history|Pickering's Regiment of Foote]] | ||
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| + | The regiment was Independent in religious outlook, like Montagu's, and were closely aligned with Cromwell. | ||
| =====Coats and Flags===== | =====Coats and Flags===== | ||
| + | The regiment were issued red coats lined blue in 1644 ((The Regiments of the Eastern Association Vol. 2, Laurence Spring, Stuart Press 1998 ISBN 1 85804 119 8)). Pickering's were issued a new set of blue colours on joining the New Model Army, perhaps they had carried blue colours under Manchester, but this is unknown. | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | ====Colonel John Pickering==== | + | A list of the regiment’s officers is shown in Laurence Spring’s //Regiments of the Eastern Association//((The Regiments of the Eastern Association Vol. 2, Laurence Spring, Stuart Press 1998 ISBN 1 85804 119 8)) |
| + | ====Colonel John Pickering=== | ||
| + | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pickering_(soldier)|John Pickering]] | ||
| + | ==== Lt Col John Hewson==== | ||
| + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/john-hewson|John Hewson]] | ||
| + | ====Capt Daniel Axtell==== | ||
| + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/daniel-axtell|Daniel Axtell]] | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *10 companies | ||
| + | *April 1644: Between 688 and 805 men | ||
| + | *May 1644: 523 men | ||
| + | *July 1644: 359 men | ||
| + | *February 1645: 243 men | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
| - | Pickering's are now re-enacted by [[http://pickerings.thesealedknot.org.uk/history.html|Colonel John Pickering's]] Regiment of the Sealed Knot. | + | Pickering's are now re-enacted by [[http://coloneljohnpickering.co.uk/|Colonel John Pickering, His Regiment of Foote]] of the Sealed Knot. |
