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| |**Colonel**|Sir John Merrick| | |**Colonel**|Sir John Merrick| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|London| | |**Area Raised**|London| | ||
| - | |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | + | |**Coat Colour**|Grey lined White| |
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**| | | + | |**Field Armies**|Essex 1642| |
| + | | |Garrison| | ||
| + | | |Waller 1643?| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| - | *January: Garrison of Plymouth, leaving 2 coy in Gloucester | + | *January: Garrison of Plymouth; 2 companies under Lloyd and Lowe remain based at Gloucester until December 1643 |
| - | *April: Battle of Highnam? (det) | + | *April: Battle of Highnam? (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
| - | *April: Battle of Beacon Hill | + | *23rd April: Battle of Beacon Hill |
| *May: Battle of Stratton | *May: Battle of Stratton | ||
| - | *May: Siege of Worcester (det) | + | *May: Siege of Worcester (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
| *June to September: Besieged in Exeter | *June to September: Besieged in Exeter | ||
| - | *July: Battle of Lansdown (det) | + | *July: Battle of Lansdown (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
| - | *July: Siege of Devizes (det) | + | *July: Siege of Devizes (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
| - | *July: Battle of Roundway Down (det) | + | *July: Battle of Roundway Down (Lloyd & Lowe det) |
| *September: Return to London, disbanded and sent as drafts to the Earl of Stamford’s Regiment | *September: Return to London, disbanded and sent as drafts to the Earl of Stamford’s Regiment | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | The detachment of 2 companies under Lloyd and Lowe is thought to have been drawn out of Gloucester garrison by Sir William Waller for his Lansdown campaign. | ||
| - | + | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | |
| - | =====Coats and Flags===== | + | Merrick's regiment wore grey coats from August 1642 ((//ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot//, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846)). |
| - | Greycoats | + | |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in //The Fall of the West Vol. 6// by Stuart Peachey and Alan Turton (Stuart Press). | + | A list of the regiment's officers in the West Country is shown in //The Fall of the West Vol. 6// by Stuart Peachey and Alan Turton (Stuart Press). |
| ====Sir John Merrick==== | ====Sir John Merrick==== | ||
| + | [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merrick_(MP)|Sir John Merrick]] | ||
| + | ====Officer Lists==== | ||
| + | ===September 1642=== | ||
| + | *Colonel Sir John Merrick((A List of the Army Under the Command of Robert Earle of Essex British Library E 117 (30) )) | ||
| + | *Lt Colonel Vincent Kilmady | ||
| + | *Major William Herbert | ||
| + | *Captain Tyer | ||
| + | *Captain Lower | ||
| + | *Captain Francis Merrick | ||
| + | *Captain Thomas Laugherne | ||
| + | *Captain John Lloyd | ||
| + | *Captain John Edwards | ||
| + | *Captain John Baily | ||
| + | *Provost Marshall: John Treme | ||
| + | *Chaplain: Tucker | ||
| + | *Surgeon: John Woodward | ||
| + | *QuarterMaster Henry Bishop((N.A. SP28/1A/120)) | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *July 1642: 1200 ordered to be raised | *July 1642: 1200 ordered to be raised | ||
| + | *October 1642: 1113 rank and file(([[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0968344510365223|Aaron Graham. The Earl of Essex and Parliament’s Army at the Battle of Edgehill: A Reassessment. War in History 17(3) 276–293, 2010]])) | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
