Sir James Wemyss of Bogie’s Troop of Horse

Covenanter horse of the Scots New Model Army

• March: Wemyss troop raised by taking 5 men from each of the 15 New Model troops

• Disbanded after the Treaty of Stirling

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

Wemyss was commissary-general to the Scots New Model and was re-appointed to the same post under the Engagers. His troop was designed to assist in collecting maintenance across Scotland.

• 1647: 75 horse in a single troop