My apologies for the delay - as these have been ready for some time.. been a mite busy painting bigger things [clicky] π
First of the units for the English Civil War project - these are Charles Gerard's Regiment of Foote
According to my research they were originally raised - probably in early 1642 - as part of the Earl of Derby’s forces in Lancashire, where they were present at the siege of Manchester in September, and at Edgehill (which is the the basis for this project) in October.
At Edgehill (where they numbered approximately 740) they were part of Charles Gerard's Brigade (along with Sir Lewis Dyve's and Sir Ralph Dutton's regiments) which were positioned on the front right of the Royalist deployment...
By all accounts they did sterling service anchoring the Royalist line at a time of most need
First of the units for the English Civil War project - these are Charles Gerard's Regiment of Foote
According to my research they were originally raised - probably in early 1642 - as part of the Earl of Derby’s forces in Lancashire, where they were present at the siege of Manchester in September, and at Edgehill (which is the the basis for this project) in October.
Deployed for receiving horse - hedgehog... |
At Edgehill (where they numbered approximately 740) they were part of Charles Gerard's Brigade (along with Sir Lewis Dyve's and Sir Ralph Dutton's regiments) which were positioned on the front right of the Royalist deployment...
Picture courtesy Google Books |
By all accounts they did sterling service anchoring the Royalist line at a time of most need
In November they were present at Turnham Green, before going into winter quarters as part of the Oxford garrison at the end of the year.
Tumbling Dice figures - 18 of them...
On to Parliament next - one of Charles Essex's Brigade, I think (so Sir Charles Essex's regiment/Sir Henry Cholmley's regiment/Lord Mandeville's regiment or Lord Wharton's regiment)
More details here:
http://www.battleofedgehill.org/edgehill-battlefield-map/index.html
http://bcw-project.org/biography/charles-gerard
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/royalist/foot-regiments/col.-charles-gerard-oxford