Sir Thomas Dacre’s Regiment of Horse
| Active | 1643 to 1645? |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Sir Thomas Dacre |
| Area Raised | Cumberland |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Garrison |
Royalist regiment of horse remaining in Cumberland during the First Civil War
Service History
1643
- Raised in Cumberland
1644
1645
- November: Dacre surrenders
Notes
Possibly one of the elusive Trained Bands of Horse?
Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Sir Thomas Dacre
Officer Lists
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
- Colonel Sir Thomas Dacre
- Captain George Skelton I.O. Cumberland
- Cornet John Milburne I.O. Cumberland
- Cornet John Nicholson I.O. Cumberland
- Cornet Peter Winder I.O. Cumberland
A list of the regiment's officers is also shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
Contemporary References
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
Dacre's petition
SP23.80.30 Extract. The humble petition of Sir Thomas Dacre of Lannercost in the County of Cumberland Humbly sheweth
That whereas your petitioner being in armes against the Parliament, for such his delinquency his estate is sequestred, and whereas your petitioner rendred himself into the obedience of this Parliament in November 1645 as appeares by a certificate hereunto annexed under the hands of the Committee in this County.
Red'd this 15th April 1647
George Skelton of Wetheral Abbey, Cumberland
None of the Cornets were brought before the Committee for Compounding or the Committee for Advance of Money
