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Sir William Boteler’s Regiment of Horse
| Active | 1643-1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Sir William Boteler |
| Richard Thornhill | |
| Area Raised | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Hopton 1643-4 |
| Oxford 1644 | |
| Goring 1645 | |
| Hopton 1646 | |
Later Colonel Richard Thornhill’s Regiment of Horse
Royalist regiment of horse serving with Hopton, the Oxford Army, then in the West
Service History
1643
- December: Siege of Arundel?
- December: Battle of Alton
- December to January 1644: Besieged at Arundel?
1644
- March: Battle of Cheriton
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge, Boteler killed, Thornhill takes over
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
- October: Second Battle of Newbury
- November: Relief of Donnington Castle
1645
- May: Skirmish at Hinton St George with other Royalists by mistake
- May to July: Siege of Taunton
- July: Battle of Langport
- July to August: Besieged at Sherborne Castle?
1646
- February: Battle of Torrington
- March: Surrender at Truro
Notes
In May 1645 they skirmished with Sir William Courtney’s Regiment of Royalist horse by mistake, thinking them Parliamentarians.
Flags
Notable Officers
Sir William Boteler
Sir William Boteler was killed at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
Colonel Richard Thornhill
Royalist conspirator during the inter-regnum
