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| + | ======Colonel Robert Laurence’s Regiment of Horse====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
| + | |**Active**|1643-1646| | ||
| + | |**Country**|England| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Royalist| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Robert Laurence| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Dorset?| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**| | | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Royalist Regiment of Horse probably forming the garrison of Corfe Castle // | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1643==== | ||
| + | *June to August: Besieged at Corfe Castle? | ||
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| + | ====1644==== | ||
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| + | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *October to February: Besieged at Corfe Castle | ||
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| + | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *February: Surrender of Corfe Castle | ||
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| + | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | In 1643 Corfe garrison included two Captains, Bond and Laurence. Laurence is known to have commanded a cavalry regiment and was present at the final siege, though referred to as Major Laurence. Although not conclusive it seems likely that Laurence’s Regiment formed the garrison of Corfe. | ||
| + | ===== Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Mary, Lady Bankes==== | ||
| + | Led the defenders of Corfe Castle during the first siege of 1643. | ||
| + | ====Colonel Robert Laurence==== | ||
| + | From West Bagborough, Somerset. | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
