Sir Charles Arnott’s Regiment of Horse

Covenanter horse of the Third Civil War

• 2nd February: Inverlochy??

• June: Arnott leading an 'old troop' as Lt Col
• Quartered in Lanark, Ayr and Renfrewshire

• Expanded to a regiment of 3 troops, with recruits from Fife
• 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 3 troops
• September: Ordered to Burntisland
• September to November: Quartered in Fife

• March: Major Johnston cited for treason and defects to the English
• May: Assigned to 3rd cavalry brigade under Sir John Brown
• June: Ordered to Stirling
• July: Battle of Inverkeithing

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

Two cornet from Arnott's regiment were probably captured at Inverkeithing. Lt Col Govan's was red with a red and white fringe, small yellow star and large sword and a partial inscription S… QV… PA…. Major Johnston's cornet was red with a red and white fringe and a gold arm and sword. ¹⁾

Died of wounds some months after Inverkeithing

Defected to the English

• 1649: 1 troop
• 1650: 3 troops