Redcoats, raised in Devonshire 1643, though some officers came from Cornwall and other parts of the West Country and a few from completely outside the area;- one from Wales, another from Ireland, one from Kent and yet another from Oxford. Fought at Cheriton, Cropredy Bridge, Lostwithiel and II Newbury in 1644. Taken over by Colonel Edward Hopton (from Canon Frome in Herefordshire) under whom they fought at Leicester and Naseby 1645.
The pattern of colours carried by this regiment was an unusual one which appears to have been exclusive to the Royalist army. Under this system Captains were distinguished not by varying numbers of devices placed upon the colour, but rather by the field of the colour itself being broken up into a number of geometric segments or "gyrons." This particular unit had black and white colours and the second Captain's one is shown.
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