Sir William Vavasour’s Regiment of Foot

Later Colonel Nicholas Mynne’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment of foot raised for service in Ireland, returning to England in 1643 to fight for the Royalists

• Raised

• Serving in Ireland

• Serving in Ireland

• November: Return to England
• November: Skirmish at Wooton under Edge

• February: Skirmish at Painswick Church
• April: Defence of Newent
• May: Defence of Monmouth
• August: Skirmish at Redmarley

Raised by Vavasour for service in Ireland, they returned to England in 1643 by which time Vavasour had raised another regiment on the Welsh Border. Mynne’s foot were assigned to Vavasour’s force opposing Massey at Gloucester. It’s possible that both regiments were combined into one. The regiment appear to have been destroyed at Redmarley by Massey, though perhaps the survivors continued to serve under Vavasour.

The regiment were issued suits of clothes at Bristol, supplied by Thomas Bushell¹⁾.