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| The Flint Trained Bands of 1638 consisted of 200 men armed with 140 muskets and 60 corslets (body armour, signifying pikemen). They also mustered 30 horse. | The Flint Trained Bands of 1638 consisted of 200 men armed with 140 muskets and 60 corslets (body armour, signifying pikemen). They also mustered 30 horse. | ||
| - | The Flint Trained Bands supported the Royalists during the First Civil War. [[royalist:foot-regiments:roger-mostyn|Colonel Roger Mostyn’s Regiment of Foot]] and [[royalist:foot-regiments:thomas-davies|Colonel Thomas Davies’ Regiment of Foot]] appear to have been formed from the Trained Band. | + | The Flint Trained Bands supported the Royalists during the First Civil War. [[royalist:foot-regiments:roger-mostyn|Colonel Roger Mostyn’s Regiment of Foot]] and [[royalist:foot-regiments:thomas-davies|Colonel Thomas Davies’ Regiment of Foot]] appear to have been formed from the Trained Band. Col John Aldersey may have led a Flint, or possibly Cheshire, Trained Band((Newman 6)). |
