Colonel Anthony Willoughby’s Regiment of Foot

Royalist regiment of foot raised in Ireland but intercepted and massacred at sea

• Capt Anthony Willoughby in command of Galway garrison with 200 local foot and an English company¹⁾

• February: Anthony Willoughby commissioned Colonel
• Regiment raised from a draft of Sir Francis Willoughby’s Regiment of Foot
• May: Shipped out from Ireland
• May: Intercepted at sea and thrown overboard

Raised in Ireland for service with the Royalists in England, 150 of the regiment were intercepted at sea by parliamentarian Captain Swanley. Swanley commanded that 70 of the men be tied back-to-back and thrown overboard, where they all drowned. The remainder possibly joined Laugharne's Parliamentarians in Pembrokeshire.

Son of Sir Francis Willoughby

• April: Willoughby assembles 400 men for service in England, including 200 of the Galway Garrison
• May: Around 150 men embarked for England