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Sir Lewis Pollard’s North Devon Trained Band Regiment of Foot
Later Sir Samuel Rolle’s, then Colonel John Luttrell's Trained Band of Foot
| Active | 1642-3 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Sir Lewis Pollard |
| Sir Samuel Rolle | |
| John Luttrell | |
| Area Raised | Devon |
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| Field Armies | |
Regiment of Devon Trained Band foot, supporting the Parliamentarians
Service History
1642
- December: Skirmish at Torrington
1643
- February: Battle of Modbury
- April: Battle of Beacon Hill
- May: Battle of Stratton
- August: Skirmish at Torrington
- September: Barnstaple surrenders to Royalists. Regiment dispersed
1644
- June: Luttrell made Colonel
- June: Retaking of Barnstaple. Regiment reforms
- July to August: Attack on Appledore Fort
- September: Failed defence of Barnstaple
Notes
Flags
Notable Officers
Sir Lewis Pollard
Sir Samuel Rolle
Rolle swiftly replaced Pollard at the start of the Civil War
John Luttrell
Captain 25/09/42; Major 14/02/43 - 08/08/43 Then Colonel 02/06/44 - 01/12/44 (Luttrell's accounts clearly state that he became colonel of “ye sd regmt” i.e. that in which he had been captain and major. However in a letter he wrote after the retaking of Barnstaple he say he was commissioned to raise a volunteer regiment and that Colonel Rolle was calling in his old trayned regiment 1) It is possible that Rolle was too old for active command, he was in his mid-fifties and would die in 1647, and that Luttrell took over his command having failed to raise enough men himself.)
Officer List
- Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Stephens (01/07/44 - 01/12/44) (N.A. SP28/39/200)
- Major Richard Harris (01/07/44 - 02/11/44)
- Captain Robert Bennett (1643. later Colonel of Foot)
Strength
- 374 men were paid by the town 2))
