Marquis of Winchester's Regiment of Horse

The regiment was raised in 1643, and spent most of the war through 1645 besieged no less than three times at Basing House. 

The Marquis of Winchester's cornet bore a motto on a banner AIMEZ LOYAUTE, translated as love loyalty.

Their addition provides another boost top the King's already strong contingent of Horse!

They are a tad less flamboyant than some of their fellow Cavaliers!

The bareheaded fellow was repurposed from a Commander base to make up the full six figure complement of the unit.

I think that about does it for ECW Horse for me. Oh wait, I forgot about those Scotts I just decided to add last month!  :-)

Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse

Prince Rupert;' Regiment of Horse is known to have been Bluecoats, not to be confused with Prince Rupert's Lifeguard of Horse, which were Redcoats. Confusing enough?

The flag is highly likely ahistorical, but was found on line (intended for 6 mm figures, I think, and thus a bit blurry. It  features the arms of the Rhine Palatinate, Prince Rupert of course being Prince of same. 

Here's a somewhat better image of the arms of the Rhine-Palatinate; if I was going top do it again, I'd use this to make my own flag. 

These are Old Glory figures; the six figures are enough for a unit of "Swedish Drill" Horse to be used with "For King and Parliament". 

Prince Rupert, the nephew of King Charles II, is probably among the best know figures of the English Civil War. Whether he was an asset or a detriment to the King's cause is arguable! 

A dashing sight for sure! 

The flag is striking, especially compared to the usual coronets carried by Horse during the ECW, even if of dubious provenance! 

These are Old Glory figures. 

Sir Henry Bard's Regiment of Foote

This regiment was originally raised as Colonel Thomas Pinchbeck's regiment of Foote in Northumberland. In May of that year it was sent from Newcastle's army to the King's army in Oxford. 

On September 20th, 1643 it fought at the First battle of Newbury, where Pinchbeck was killed. 

The regiment occupied Towcester in November and December of 1643.

These are Old Glory figures, in "Pike Forward" formation for Field of Battle, 3rd edition. 

Sir Henry Bard was made the regiment's new Colonel circa February 1644. he lost an arm at the Battle of Cheriton in March of that year. 

The remainder of 1644 saw the regiment in action at Cropredy Bridge (June), Lostwithiel (August), 2nd Newbury (October),  and ending the year garrisoning Campden House. 

 It fought at the Storm of Leicester (May 1645) and suffered severely at the Battle of Naseby (June 1645). Bard was an interesting character; he was widely traveled, spoke multiple languages, was educated at Eton, and died in a sandstorm in the Arabian desert in 1660, while he was acting as special ambassador from the still exiled Charles II to the Shah of Persia!

The regiment in "Shot Forward" formation for Field of Battle, 3rd edition

The regiment wore grey coats in 1644, and carried white flags with Red crosses surrounded with 4 crosslets as differencing emblems. Regimental history is once again from the British Civil War project. 

Sir Edward Fitton's Regiment of Foote

Sir Edward Fitton raised regiment of Foote in Cheshire in 1642 to support the King's cause

The regiment joined the Oxford army and fought at Edgehill on October 23, 1642. It later saw action at the storm of Brent fiord and Turham Green in November before entering garrison at reading in December, 1642. 

The regiment was besieged for 2 weeks in April 1643, and the Storm of Bristol in July, the Siege of Gloucester in August, and the First Battle of Newburry on September 20th. 

Gawsworth Old Hall in Cheshire, seat of the Fitton family; Edward was the 2nd (and last Baronet Fitton). 

Sir Edward [assed away in later 1642, and command of the regiment passed to the Lt Colonel, Anthony Thelwall.

1644 was a busy year for the Regiment. It fought at Cheriton in March, Copredy Bridge in June, Lostwithiel in August, and the 2nd Battle of Newbury in October. 

Garrison duty in Farringdon occupied the unit from November 1644 until March 1645. It skirmished at Bampton in the Bush in Ap[ril, and fought at Naseby in June of 1645. 

 

The regiment is believed to have worn blue coats from at least 1643. Information is taken  from the British Civil War project. These are Old Glory figures once again. 

In April 1644, the unit was noted to have blue flags differenced by white pile-wavys. 

ECW Royalist Leaders

It's the Royalist Leaders turn for a bit of show and tell....

A rather more flamboyant group than the Parliamentarians, for sure!

The stockier figure in the top hat is another long ago gift from Joe, IIRC, and is supposed to be of King Charles. It is re purposed here.

My own Minifigs King Charles and company.

 I think the mauve coated bloke may be yet another Charles wanna be...

Once again, some filler applied to the thin base does look more realistic than just my usual flock on MDF. Don't get used to it, though! :-)

"Colonels"; three more Dixon figures from Joe, and three new Old Glory ones.

A fine assortment of cavalier leaders.

"Do you like the jaunty angle of my hat? "
"Good God, Sir, that's so 1640!"

Some red and violet flowering tufts on the Royalist bases.

The puppies (now, at about 18 weeks old, weighing in at circa 40 pounds) go for am early April  swim, along with the older dogs,  at nearby Lake Waramaug.

The weather was beautiful, but the water was COLD. Brooke liked the water right away, but our Maddie was less sure.

View across the lake, one of the prettiest in the state, with canines.

View the other direction.

and then the view North from the Warren Town Beach.

After the swim, we stopped off at the nearby Hopkins Vineyards, overlooking the lake, for some wine tasting and puppy socialization. 

Across the street is the Hopkins Inn; dining there overlooking the Lake, especially in the summer when you can eat outside on the huge flagstone patio, is always an  event:  http://www.thehopkinsinn.com/

The Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Horse

The Earl of Northampton raised this unit of Horse in 1642, and it served with the Oxford army until 1646. One source says the regiment wore green coats, so I went with that.

The Colonel, the 2nd Earl of Northampton, was killed in action at Hopton Heath in 1643, the title and the regiment then passing to his son .

The exceeding useful British Civil War Regimental wiki  says the unit had blue coronets with blue and white fringes, but I liked this flag better, with the green field complementing the coats.

The motto on the flag is an insult to the Parliamentarian commander, the Earl of Essex, "whose wife was notoriously unfaithful".

My color printer remaining uncooperative, I printed out the flag in black and white and then painted over the design. The flag is from the Dux Humunculorum blog; there quite a few more ECW flags on his blog.  (Somehow the inscription makes me think of a political figure and his alleged pastimes in Moscow, but we'll leave it at that!).