Sir John Redman’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1643 to 1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Sir John Redman |
| Thomas Wheatley | |
| Area Raised | North |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | Red? |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Newcastle 1643-4 |
| Oxford 1645 | |
Later Colonel Thomas Wheatley’s Regiment of Foot
Royalist regiment of foot serving in the North in garrison at Pontefract, then following the King to Newark
Service History
1643
- September to October: Siege of Hull?
1644
- Redman hands over to Wheatley and retires
- December to March 1645: Besieged at Pontefract
1645
- March: Battle of Pontefract
- March to July: Besieged at Pontefract
- August: Storm of Huntingdon
- May: Besieged at Welbeck Abbey
- November to May 1646: Besieged at Newark
1646
- Surrender at Newark
Notes
Apparently Redman also led at least one troop of horse, see examination of his cornet below.
Flags
When King Charles drew out 250 garrison foot of Frescheville's and Wheatley's regiments in August 1645 Symonds noted the combined unit carried four blue and one red flag. As Wheatley's men seem to have been in the minority this implies they carried the red flag.
Notable Officers
Sir John Redman
Died of tuberculosis soon after retiring from the regiment.
Colonel Thomas Wheatley
Contemporary References
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
Cornet Beaumont aka Harby
SP29.152.36.iv
Examination of Richard Harby of Egremont Cumberland whose actual name is Rice Beaumont. Cornet under Command of Colonel Sir John Redman Governor of Pontefract Castle, then Marshall to him. Later Quartermaster to Sir William Huddleston of Millom Castle.
Strength
- August 1645: Formed a minority of the 250 foot joining the King with Colonel John Frescheville’s Regiment of Foot1)
