Colonel Alexander Forbes of Boydlie’s Regiment
| Active | 1639 |
| 1644 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | First Bishops’ War |
| First Civil War | |
| Type | Foot? |
| Colonel | Alexander Forbes |
| Area Raised | Aberdeenshire |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Montrose 1639 |
| Argyll 1644 | |
| Balfour 1644 |
Covenanters serving with Montrose in the First Bishops’ War then against him in the First Civil War
Service History
1639
- March: Raised in Aberdeenshire
- May: Skirmish at the Trot o’ Turriff
- May: Occupy Aberdeen
- May: March to Gight house via Udny and Kellie House
- Return to Buchan
1644
- April: Garrison Pitsligo Castle
- April: Join Argyll at Dunottar Castle
- May: Return home
- September: Battle of Aberdeen
Notes
A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0
Also known as the Tutor of Pitsligo’s. Probably not formally regimented, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’.
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Alexander Forbes of Boyndlie
Tutor of Pitsligo
Strength
- May 1639: 200 men in total together with Sir Alexander Frazer of Philorth’s Regiment of Foot
