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| + | *Summer: Rolle in command | ||
| + | *August: Arthur Bassett attempts to disband the regiment | ||
| *December: Skirmish at Torrington | *December: Skirmish at Torrington | ||
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| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| - | Pollard seems to have quickly lost control of the Trained Band to the Parliamentarians, indeed he may have been dead by 1642. | + | Pollard had commanded the trained band since at least 1630, but seems to have quickly lost control to the Parliamentarians, indeed he may have been dead by 1642. In August 1642 Royalist Arthur Bassett was commissioned Colonel of the regiment formerly Sir Samuel Rolle's which was ordered to disband and disarm. Plainly this was ignored. |
| =====Flags===== | =====Flags===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
