Green Regiment of Foot of the London Trained Bands

Regiment of foot of the London Trained Bands

• 13th November: Standoff at Turnham Green

• December: Storm of Grafton House

• Warner relinquishes Colonelcy

• Roe Colonel

• Shepheard Colonel under the Presbyterians, then Roe restored under the Independents

• Robinson Colonel until 1680.

The regiment carried green flags with white caltrops in April 1642 and September 1643 ²⁾.

John Warner, a grocer, was Colonel of the Green Regiment between 1642 and 1645. In 1647 he was Lord Mayor of London. He died in 1648.

Owen Roe was Colonel in 1646

Colonel in 1647 under the Presbyterians

A clothworker and alderman, he commanded the regiment from 1658 to 1680.

5th Regiment, The Green Regiment “The Distinctions Argent being Galthropes”³⁾

• Colonel: Alderman John Warner
• Lt-Col Matthew Forster; Lt Thomas Whitley; Ens Thomas Simcotts
• Major Owen Rowe: Lt William Stackhouse: Ens Samuel Clerridge
• 1st Capt Matthew Sheppard; Lt Walter White: Ens William Cam
• 2nd Capt Francis Rowe; Lt Roger Clay; Ens Thomas Johnson
• 3rd Capt Robert Mannering; Lt James Wancourt; Ens Ralph Tasker
• “Colonel's Captain” Nathaniel Hawes; Lt Thomas Jackson; Ens Thomas Juxon
• Quartermaster: Thomas Dancer

The London Bands Alarm Places⁴⁾

• The Green Regiment of the London Trained Bands
• Colonel: John Warner: Aldermanbury
• Lt Colonel: Matthew Forster: Old Jury End by Cateman St
• Major: Owen Rowe: Moorgate within
• Captain: Matthew Sheppard: Cripplegate within
• Francis Rowe: North end of Great Wood St
• Robert Mannering: The Conduit without Cripplegate

The Green Regiment of the London Trained Bands (6 companies)⁵⁾

• Colonel: John Warner, Alderman
• Captain-Lieutenant: Thomas Juxon “Slayne at Newbery”
• Lieutenant-Colonel: Matthew Foster, Vintner at The Ship
• Major: Owen Roe, a Mercer in Cheapside
• Captain: Matthew Shepherd, a Sugar baker (partner to Juxon)
• Captain: Francis Roe “Brother to Owen Roe”
• Captain: Robert Mainwaring “hath a troope of horse besides”

Lining the route of procession at the Earl of Essex's funeral⁶⁾

City Green Trained Band.

• Col Owen Rowe
• Lt Col Francis Rowe
• Major John Lane
• Capt Thomas Juxon
• Capt William Eardley
• Capt Ralph Tasker

Officers granted arrears in the final hours of the Presbyterian Militia Committee’s existence on 23 July 1647 ⁷⁾.

City Green Trained Band

• Col Matthew Shepheard
• Lt Col John Lane
• Major Thomas Juxon
• Capt William Eardley
• Capt Ralph Tasker

Officers after re-organisation under the dominance of the Independents⁸⁾.

City Green Trained Band

• Col Owen Rowe
• Lt Col. Thomas Juxon

• April 1642: 6 companies
• September 1643: 503 muskets 297 pikes about 63 officers (863) in 6 companies

The Green Regiment are re-enacted by The Pike and Musket Society in Australia.