Colonel Anthony Stapley’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1642-6 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Anthony Stapley |
| Algernon Sidney | |
| Area Raised | |
| Coat Colour | Red lined Yellow |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Garrison |
Later Colonel Algernon Sidney's Regiment of Foot
Parliamentarian Regiment of Foot serving in the South and West
Service History
1642
- November: Standoff at Turnham Green?
- December: Siege of Chichester
1643
- December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel
1644
- April: Besieged at Lyme Regis (det)
- June to November: Siege of Basing House (det)
1645
- Stapley lays down his commission following the Self Denying Ordinance
- May: Relief of Taunton (det)
- May to July: Besieged in Taunton (det)
- August to October: Siege of Basing House
- October: Storm of Basing House
- October to February 1646: Siege of Corfe Castle (det)
- November to March: Siege of Donnington Castle
1646
- February: Skirmish at Wareham
Notes
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Stapley's foot were issued red coats with yellow linings in November 1642 1).
Notable Officers
A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2
Anthony Stapley
Anthony Stapley governor of Chichester.
Algernon Sidney
Algernon Sidney was previously colonel of the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Horse.
Strength
“Anthony Stapley Collonell of a foote regimt of 1000 men” 26/11/42 (N.A. WO55/1937)
See Also
Links
1)
ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846