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Lord Kerry’s Regiment of Foot
| Flag Illustration | 1) |
| Active | 1642-1645 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Protestant |
| Royalist | |
| Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
| First Civil War | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Lord Kerry |
| William St Leger | |
| Duke of York | |
| Area Raised | London |
| Coat Colour | White? |
| Flag Colour | Black and Red |
| Flag Design | Gyronny |
| Field Armies | Inchiquin 1642-3 |
| Oxford 1644-5 |
Later the Duke of York’s Regiment of Foot, led by Colonel William St Leger
Regiment of foot raised by the Adventurers for service in Ireland, returning to England in 1643 to fight for the Royalists
Service History
1642
- January: Parliament approves the Merchant Adventurers' plan to raise forces for an Irish campaign
- August to September: Transported to Munster from Bristol and Minehead2)
1643
- November: Return to Bristol
- November: Skirmish at Wooton under Edge?
1644
- February: Skirmish at Painswick Church
- April: Defence of Newent?
- April: Quartered at Marlborough
- May: Two companies join from Lord Inchiquin's Regiment of Foot
- May: Defence of Monmouth?
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
- October: Second Battle of Newbury
1645
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Battle of Naseby
Notes
Raised by the Merchant Adventurers of London, authorized by Parliament, for Lord Kerry for service in Ireland, they were led by their Lieutenant Colonel, William St Leger. They returned to England in 1643 joining Sir William Vavasour’s force opposing Massey at Gloucester. Joining the Oxford Army, they served on the 1644 campaigns and were destroyed at Naseby.
Coats, Flags and Equipment
The regiment carried red and black flags of a gyronny pattern 3).
Coat colour in April 1644 deduced to be white by Peachey and Prince but not confirmed. The regiment were issued suits of clothes at Bristol, supplied by Thomas Bushell4).
On arrival in Munster the local commander Lord Inchquin complained that the regiment had been sent unarmed, their allocated weapons having been used instead to equip Parliament's army raised for the Civil War.
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is also shown in An English Army for Ireland by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press.
Lord Kerry
Patrick Fitzmaurice, 19th Baron Kerry
William St Leger
Duke of York
Prince James, second son of King Charles I. Honorary colonel when the regiment returned to England
Officer Lists
June 1642, for service in Ireland
- Colonel The Lord Kerry5)
- Lt-Col Henry Shelley
- Major Daniel Goodrick
- 1st Captain Charles Dawson
- 2nd Captain Herbert Blanchard
- 3rd Captain Agmondisham Murschamp6)
- 4th Captain Paul Watts
- 5th Captain William Lower “for Firelocks”
- Captain-Lt Robert Hamond
- Lieutenant John Ramsford
- Lieutenant George Lower
- Lieutenant Philip Meautas
- Lieutenant Morgan Tinney
- Lieutenant William Dothwait
- Lieutenant Andrew Mainwaring
- Lieutenant Redman
- Ensign Richard Bagot
- Ensign Joseph Ashfield
- Ensign Charles Blount
- Ensign Jacob Stringer
- Ensign Christopher Chudleigh
- Ensign Gervase Brach
- Ensign Thomas Bariffe
- Ensign John Raymond
August 1642, for service in Ireland
“Resolved, &c. That the Lord of Kerry shall have a Commission for the Raising and Transporting of…One thousand for his own Regiment…” 7)
- Colonel: The Lord Kerry
- Lt Colonel: William St Leger
- Major: William Peasley
- 1st Captain: The Lord Kerry
- 2nd Captain: Agmundisham Muschamp
- 3rd Captain: William Hide
- 4th Captain: Ralph Watts
- 5th Captain: Richard Aldsworth
- 6th Captain: Richard Fitzmorris
- 7th Captain: Henry de Lawne
- 8th Captain:
- 9th Captain:
- 10th Captain: Henry Fletcher
Strength
- August 1642: 1000 authorized
- September 1642: Allegedly 2000 strong on arrival in Ireland, but unarmed8)
- November 1643: 800 to 1000 together with Mynne's Regiment of Foot
