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Colonel Matthew Boynton’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1651 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | Third Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Horse | |
| Colonel | Matthew Boynton |
| Area Raised | Yorkshire? |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Derby 1651 |
Royalist regiment of the Third Civil War, defeated at Wigan Lane
Service History
1651
- Raised in Yorkshire?
- August: March from Warrington to Preston (21st) ((Terribly Obscure Battles of the English Civil War 1. Wigan Lane, 25th August 1651 by Stuart Reid in English Civil War Notes and Queries Issue 1, pp 3-4, Eds. David Ryan & Hawk Norton, Jan 1984)
- August: Battle of Wigan Lane (25th)
Notes
Appears to have included a troop of horse.
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
Matthew Boynton
Matthew's father, confusingly Sir Matthew Boynton (d. 1647) was a Parliamentarian in the First Civil War, leading Sir Matthew Boynton’s Regiment of Foot. His son joined the Royalists in the Third Civil War and was killed at Wigan Lane.
