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Sir Nicholas Slanning’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1642-1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Sir Nicholas Slanning |
| Sir Thomas Basset | |
| Area Raised | Cornwall |
| Coat Colour | Unknown |
| Flag Colour | Unknown |
| Flag Design | Unknown |
| Field Armies | Hopton 1642-4 |
Later Sir Thomas Bassett's Regiment of Foot
Royalist Cornish Regiment of Foot serving with Hopton’s army on his famous 1643 campaign
Service History
1642
- November: Siege of Plymouth
- December: Siege of Exeter
1643
- January: Battle of Braddock Down
- January to February: Blockade of Plymouth
- January: Skirmish at Kingsbidge
- February: Skirmish at Chagford and Okehampton
- February: Battle of Modbury
- April: Battle of Beacon Hill
- April: Battle of Sourton Down
- May: Skirmish at Week St Mary
- May: Battle of Stratton
- July: Battle of Lansdown
- July: Siege of Devizes
- July: Storm of Bristol, Slanning mortally wounded
- September: Siege of Exeter
1644
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
- October: Second Battle of Newbury?
1646
- February: Surrender of Launceston?
Notes
Flags
Notable Officers
Sir Nicholas Slanning
Sir Thomas Bassett
Fought throughout the First Civil War in the west country and led a brigade of Hopton's infantry at the storm of Bristol. He was knighted in July 1644 at Crediton.
Strength
See Also
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Slanning's Regiment are re-enacted by Sir Nicholas Slanning's Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot.