Sir Arthur Erskine of Scotscraig’s Regiment of Horse

Covenanter horse fighting at Dunbar and Worcester in the Third Civil War

• Erskine raises a troop of horse
• August: quartered in east Stirlingshire
• September: Battle of Tippermuir?

• February: Erskine commissioned colonel of horse to be raised in Stirling and Clackmannanshire
• June: Rm Campbell of Lundie's troop quartered in Mearns

• June: Ordered to Stirlingshire, Linlithgow and Dumbarton
• 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 3 troops?
• September: Retreat to Stirling
• September: Quarter in Fife to protect Burntisland

• May: Assigned to Middleton's 4th Cavalry Brigade
• September: Battle of Worcester Sir Arthur Erskine of Sotscraig killed

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

Little is known of the 1644 unit, perhaps it fought at Tippermuir and was dispersed thereafter.

A list of officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1

Killed at the Battle of Worcester

Lt Col of the regiment of horse, he was also governor of Dumbarton Castle from 1649 to 1652

• February 1649: 240 horse to be raised
• July 1649: 3 troops; Col Sir Arthur Erskine 60 men, Lt Col Sir Charles Erskine of Alva 50 men, Rm Campbell of Lundie 60 men
• August 1649: 118 more recruits ordered
• July 1650: 173 more levies ordered intended to form 3 more troops, success unknown
• September 1650: 96 more recruits ordered from Fife