Sir John Home of Ayton’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1644 to 1647 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Sir John Home of Ayton |
| Ludovick Leslie | |
| Area Raised | Fife |
| Coat Colour | Grey |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Callendar 1644 |
| Leslie 1644 | |
| Garrison | |
Later Colonel Ludovick Leslie’s Regiment of Foot
Covenanter Regiment of Foot serving at the siege of Newcastle, then garrison of Tynemouth Castle
Service History
1644
- April: Commissioned to be raised in Fife
- June: Enter England as part of Callendar's army
- July to October: Siege of Newcastle
- Leslie replaces Home as Colonel
- November: Garrison of Tynemouth Castle
- Temporarily reduced to a single company to garrison Tynemouth Castle
1645
- Garrison of Tynemouth Castle
- Recruited back to strength
1646
- Garrison of Tynemouth Castle
1647
- January: Evacuate Tynemouth Castle
- February: Disbanded
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
The regiment served in the 4th brigade at the storm of Newcastle, after which it went into garrison under Ludovick Leslie at Tynemouth Castle. Reduced to a single company by sickness and plague at the end of 1644, the regiment was rebuilt the next year, remaining at Tynemouth until disbanded in 1647.
Coats and Flags
Probably the usual Scots hodden grey.
Notable Officers
Sir John Home of Ayton
Or Aytoun
Ludovick Leslie
Quartermaster General
Strength
- Winter 1644: Reduced to 1 company due to plague
- May 1645: Recruited up to 425 men
- December 1645: 632 men
- July 1646: 714 men
