Sir Simon Harcourt’s Regiment of Foot

English infantry regiment that was raised for the First Bishops’ War of 1639

• Raised from the Essex Trained Bands, Suffolk Trained Bands and Cambridge Trained Bands
• April: Shipped to the Firth of Forth
• Land on the island of Incholm
• May: Re-embark and anchor off Dunbar
• May: Continue voyage from Dunbar to Holy Island, arriving 28th May, and march to Berwick
• June: Standoff between Birks and Duns Law

The regiment formed part of Hamilton's seaborne invasion force. Unfortunately Harcourt was acutely seasick, with a physician pronouncing him unable to survive a week at sea.

The regiment carried 13 azure and yellow colours ¹⁾.

Sir Simon Harcourt

• 13 companies
• May 1639: 1637 men ²⁾

• Essex Trained Bands
• Suffolk Trained Bands
• Cambridge Trained Bands
• Sir Simon Harcourt’s Regiment of Foot Irish Confederate War