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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
Colonel Edward Widdrington and Lt. Col. Henry Constables Colours are known.
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
Officer lists
- Colonel Edward Widdrington
- Lieutenant Colonel Henry Constable Ment. I.O.
- Lieutenant Colonel William Langley (1) + ment. I.O.
- Captain Ascough Ment. I.O.
- Captain? Sir Edward Charlton Ment. I.O.
- Captain Edward French I.O. Northumb.
- Captain Thomas Pearson I.O Newcastle
- Captain Lieutenant Henry Widdrington I.O. Northumb.
- 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.
