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Col. Charles Blount's Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1646 to 1649 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Protestant |
| Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
| Parliamentarian | |
| Royalist | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Charles Blount |
| Area Raised | Gloucestershire |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Inchiquin 1647 |
English raised foot serving in Munster in 1647-9
Service History
1646
- October: Blount commissioned to raise 1000 men in Gloucestershire for service in Ireland. Crispe and Elsyng commissioned Lt-Col and Major.1)
1647
- May: Regiment still in England
- August: Regiment in service under Inchiquin
- November: Battle of Knocknanuss. (Blount commanded the right wing of foot. Crispe led the forlorne hope)
1648
- April: Inchiquin declares for the King
1649
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Following Inchiquin's change of side, both Crispe and Elsyng were expelled from Munster and returned to London.2) Blount appears to have remained a Colonel for the Royalists.3) The fate of the regiment is unknown.
Charles Blount
Blount had served since 1642 in the Earl of Stamford’s Regiment of Foot (later Edward Massey's) spending most of the war in garrison at Gloucester. In August 1645 he become the regiment's colonel. Peter Crispe served alongside him throughout the war ending up as major to the regiment.
Officer List
August 1647
From 4)
- Colonel Charles Blount
- Lieutenant Colonel Peter Crispe
- Major Christopher Elsyng
- Captain [Robert5)] Mallery
- Captain Brotherton
- Captain Kidder
- Captain Nelson
- Captain Davies
- Captain Petty
1649
From 6)
- Colonel Charles Blount
- Lieutenant Colonel Piggot
- Major Kedder [Kidder]
- Captain Rawlins
- Captain Peety [Petty]
- Captain Crosbye
- Captain Ellis
- Captain Loftus
- Captain Jackson
