This is the first in an occasional series. Infantry Colours,, Cavalry Cornets, Dragoon Standards and the personal banners of Generals and others will be illustrated by myself and, hopefully, different illustrators. There will be a variety of well known and never before seen flags, identified and unidentified types, typical and atypical themes. There will be a fairly random selection of types and allegiances. I trust anyone with further information on any of the flags will write in.

Number 1 & 2 I know nothing about. They may be traceable through the crests. Number 3 is similarly anonymous. Number 4 belongs to one of the Copley family, probably Lionel, no less a person than Muster-Master General to Essex's Army in 1642. There was also a Captain Copley who defrauded the State by buying sub-standard mounts, selling them as good quality and pocketing the money. there was a William Copley also. A Copley had a Cornet with an arm holding a sword (a popular device) and the motto: "For Reformation." The family came from Yorkshire and had several members fighting fro Parliament. Numbers 5 & 6 are Royalist Cornets captured by Essex. Red Cross and Red Stream Blazant on a White Field. Interesting in that they follow the Foote's pattern of company identification, though the Foote would have had a Cross with the Blazon. Has anyone come across this in other examples?

Dragoons of the Royalist Army [Issue 9]

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