Earl of Cassilis’ Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1639 |
| 1640 | |
| 1643 to 1647 | |
| 1650 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | First Bishops' War |
| Second Bishops' War | |
| First Civil War | |
| Third Civil War | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Earl of Cassilis |
| Area Raised | Ayrshire |
| Coat Colour | Grey |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Leslie 1639 |
| Leslie 1640 | |
| Leven 1643-4 | |
| Baillie 1645 | |
| Middleton 1646 | |
| Leslie 1650? | |
Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for the Bishops' Wars, raised anew for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army then returning to Scotland to oppose Montrose in 1645, raised again in 1650
Service History
1639
- Raised in Kyle and Carrick
- May: Defend Galloway and Ayrshire in case of invasion from Ireland
- June: March to join the field army at Duns Law
- June: Standoff at Duns Law
- June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks
1640
- June: Commissioned to be raised in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire
- Join Leslie’s army at the Duns Law
- August: Cross the Tweed with Leslie
- August: Take Newcastle
- August to August 1641: Occupy Newcastle
1641
- August: Return to Scotland and disbanded after the Treaty of London
1643
- August: Cassillis commissioned colonel and the regiment raised anew from Kyle and Carrick
1644
- January: At Dalkeith
- March: Battle of Hylton
- April to July: Siege of York
- 2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor
- July: Siege of York
- Return to Scotland, serving under Baillie
- October: Siege of Newcastle
1645
- Spring: Return to Scotland
- April: Serving with Baillie
- 2nd July: Battle of Alford
- August: Battle of Kilsyth ~100
- November: Assigned recruits from Galloway
1646
- February: Serving under Middleton
- December to February 1647: Quartered in Glasgow
1647
- February: Disbanded, apart from 50 men sent to the The General of Artillery’s Regiment of Foot of the Scots New Model Army.
1650
- July: Cassillis commissioned colonel of a regiment to be raised in Ayr, Renfrew and Dumbarton
- September: Battle of Dunbar??
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
Furgol hypothesises that the regiment was destroyed at Dunbar as there is no mention of it thereafter
Coats, Flags & Equipment
The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets.
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550
Earl of Cassilis
Strength
- January 1644: 10 companies
- September 1644: 700 men
- March 1645: 800 men
- Only around 100 men survived Alford to fight at Kilsyth
- July 1650: 870 men planned to be levied
