Sir Henry Slingsby’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1642 to 1644 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Sir Henry Slingsby |
| Area Raised | Yorkshire |
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| Field Armies | Newcastle 1642-44 |
Royalist regiment serving in the garrison of York
Service History
1642
- December: Slingsby commissioned Colonel of foot by Newcastle
1643
- May: The Regiment was based at Stamford Bridge and Sir Henry Slingsby was Governor
- June: Battle of Adwalton Moor
1644
- April to July: Besieged in York
- July: Battle of Marston Moor?
- July: Besieged in York
- August to December: Besieged in Knaresborough Castle?
Notes
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
Sir Henry Slingsby
Sir Henry Slingsby commanded a Yorkshire Trained Band regiment in York between April and December 1642, then was commissioned a Colonel by Newcastle1).
Officer List
Original Research by Victor Judge aka '1642'
- Colonel Sir Henry Slingsby
- Captain Cuthbert Harrison
- Ensign Richard Atkinson
- Ensign George Heseltine
Contemporary References
The delinquency of Richard Atkinson of Whixley, Yorkeshire. Excerpt
The Cerificate of the Committee of the West Rydinge of Yorke to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall. That Richard Atkinson the sonne was an Ensigne in Sir Henry Slingsbies Regiment in service for the King against the Parliament. Concerninge the delinquency of Richard Atkinson the father, Richard Roundell, Thomas Wescoe and Edmund Birtt sequestrators for the Wapentake of Claroe doe certifie us, that the said Richard Atkinson seised upon one Francis Abbay (a souldier in the Parliaments service) at Whixley, immediately after the Battaile at Adderton Moore, and caused his horse and armes to be taken from him, and himselfe to bee arrayed by the adverse partie.
