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Sir Edward Widdrington’s Regiment of Horse
| Active | 1642-5 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Sir Edward Widdrington |
| Area Raised | Yorkshire |
| Flag Colour | Unknown |
| Flag Design | Two known |
| Field Armies | Newcastle 1642-4 |
Royalist Regiment of Horse serving in Yorkshire
Service History
1642
- December: Repulsed from Bradford
1643
- March: Battle of Seacroft Moor
- May: Stormed in Wakefield
1644
- February to July: Besieged in Scarborough?
- July: Battle of Marston Moor
1645
- February: Battle of Melton Mowbray
- March: Battle of Pontefract
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Battle of Naseby
- November to May 1646: Besieged in Newark?
Notes
Flags
Sir Edward's troop carried a cornet featuring the motto 'DEO ET CAESARI' on a scroll. Unfortunately no record has survived of its tincture. Sir Edward Widdrington in saying little implied much in his Colours, only thus DEO ET CAESARI1).
According to Blount: We may conclude that L. Col. Henry Constable had Constantine the Great in his thoughts: for his devise was thus, IN HOC SIGNO ✝ VINCES2).
Notable Officers
Sir Edward Widdrington
A Catholic from Northumberland
Colonel Edward Widdringtons Regiment of Horse
Colonel Edward Widdrington and Lt. Col. Henry Constables Colours are known.
Deo et caesari Widdringron on a scroll In hoc signovinces in a scroll Constable
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Constable Ment. I.O. Lieutenant Colonel William Langley (1) + ment. I.O.
Captain Lieutenant Henry Widdrington I.O. Northumb.
Captain Ascough Ment. I.O.
Sir Edward Charlton Ment. I.O.
Captain Edward French I.O. Northumb. Captain Thomas Pearson I.O Newcastle
Lieutenant Henry Brigham I.O. Yorks. to Capt. Ascough Lieutenant William Conyers I.O. Durham to Lt. Col. Langley Lieutenant Stephen Kirk I.O. Yorks. to Capt. Ascough
Cornet John Daniel I.O. Yorks. to Lt. Col. Constable Cornet Ralph Emerson I.O. L + W to Sir Edward Charlton Cornet Ralph Fenwick I.O. Northumb. to Capt. Lt. Widdrington Cornet Thomas Simpson
Quartermaster Henry Fenwick I.O. Northumb. to Sir Edward Charlton Quartermaster James Hobson I.O. Northumb. to Capt. French Quartermaster William Lumley (2) Quartermaster Miles Newton I.O. Yorks. to Capt. Ascough
(1) SP.23.158.361 Nicholas Shadforth and John Marshall saith that William Langley,son to Sir William Langley took a Commission under Sir Edward Widdrington as Lt. Col.
(2) SP.23.158.379 Examination of William Lumley of Lumley He was a small time a Quartermaster to Lieutenant Colonell Langleys Troope of horse.
Cornet Thomas Simpson P7070267 TO TYPE.
