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Lord Fairfax’s Yorkshire Trained Band Regiment of Foot

Active1639
CountryEngland
AllegianceEnglish
ConflictsFirst Bishops’ War
TypeFoot
ColonelsLord Fairfax
Area RaisedYorkshire
Coat Colour
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesCharles 1639

Yorkshire Trained Band infantry regiment that took part in the First Bishops’ War of 1639

Service History

1639

  • April: Muster at York
  • May: Garrison of Carlisle

Notes

Coats, Flags & Equipment

Notable Officers

Lord Fairfax

Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax

Strength

  • May 1639: 1300 men 1)

See Also

1) Rushworth's 'Historical Collections: 1639, March-June', Historical Collections of Private Passages of State: Volume 3: 1639-40, pp. 885-946. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=74912 Date accessed: 24 June 2014