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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
Colonel Richard Thornhills Regiment of Horse
Lieutenant Colonel John Marsh (1) + Ment. I.O. Sargeant Major John Marsh (1) Captain William Croome (2) Captain Robert Hill Ment. I.O Captain Marsh (4) Lieutenant Richard Taylor (4) to Capt. Marsh Cornet Backodell (3) Cornet Cleane (3) Cornet Lancelot Colley I.O. L + W Cornet James (3) Cornet John Lambert (4) to Capt. Marsh Cornet George Mason I.O. Herts. Cornet Giles Moore I.O. L + W to Lt. Col. Marsh Quartermaster John Fortune I.O. L + W to Lt. Col. Marsh
(1) Walker p.72 more (2) SP29.1.120 undated State Paper May 1660 The humble petition of William Croome Humbly sheweth that your petitioner hath faithfully served his late Majesty of happy and blessed memory in the warres until his death as a Captain of a Troop of horse in the Brigade of the Earl of Cleveland, and as Quartermaster General of the Earl of Clevelands Brigade of Horse,as by his Commissions annexed…. SP29.2.16. Petition of William Croome served as Captain of Horse in Colonel Richard Thornhills Regiment. (3) E.293.17 Captured at Langport (4) Wiltshire Record Office A1.110 Hilary 1667 No. 95 Petition of Richard Thomas of Fisherton Served under the Earl of Cleveland in Captain Marsh's Troop in which service ye petitioner received many dangerous wounds. No. 94 Richard Taylor Lieutenant,John Lambert Cornet certify to the above to the said Troop.
Apparently took over Butlers Regiment after his death ??
