Uniform Notes on the
English Civil War

Parliamentary Foot Regiments

by Rudy Scott Nelson



(LTB) indicates a London Trained Band unit

BLUE UNIFORMS. Earl of Stamford (LTB); Henry Cholmley (LTB); Sir William Constable (LTB); Lord Saye-Sele until Edgehill; Sir Arthur Haselrig/Heselrige (LTB); Lord Mandeville/ Earl Manchester; George Payne; Lord John Meldrum; Edward Aidrich; Charles Essex?; 4th LTB Rgt; Richard Fortescue?; Adam Cunningham?; Thomas Adams (LTB); Edward Massey (LTB)

BLUE Lined White. Lord Rochford; George Langham

GRAY UNIFORMS. Lord Fairfax ??; Sir John Gell; Simon Rugeley; Sir John Merrick (LTB); Richard Browne; Francis Martin; Thomas Ballard lined in White William Ryves detachment/company; John Hampden ?.

ORANGE UNIFORMS. Earl of Essex; Charles Essex; Thomas Grantham; John Towse (LTB); 6th LTB Rgt

PURPLE UNIFORMS. Lord Brooke (LTB)

GREEN UNIFORMS. Samual Jones; Col Byng (LTB); Charles Essex ?; Richard Fortescue ?; 5th LTB Rgt; Adam Cunningham ?; John Warner (LTB) ; Thomas Tyrrell (LTB); Richard Ingoldsby (LTB): early Earl of Manchester lined red; some have John Hampden (LTB) lined Yellow

RED UNIFORMS. Denzil Holles (LTB); Thomas Rainsborough; Ralph Weldon;Thomas Atkins (LTB); Westminster Rgt under James Prince; East Anglia Rgts; Norfolk Rgt; 1st LTB Rgt; Sir John Meldrum (LTB)

RED lined Yellow. Lord Robarte (LTB); Norfolk Rgt ? ; Phillip Skippon; Anthony Stapley

RED Uniforms lined in Blue. Sir Thomas Fairfax; Essex Rgts; Lord Halifax; Harry Barclay; Lord Peterborough

RED Uniforms lined White. Edward Montague; Randall Mainwaring; John Holmstead

WHITE UNIFORMS. Sir William Brooke; Sir William Springate (LTB)(?); Southwark Rgt under Houblon; Isaac Pennington (LTB); 2nd LTB Rgt

YELLOW UNIFORMS. Tower Hamlets Rgts under Zachary; Sir John Wollaston (LTB); 3rd LTB Rgt; Westminster Rgt ?

RUSSET UNIFORMS. (either red-brown or Yellowish brown) Thomas Grantham

Examples of colors of standards for Parlimentarian Horse Regiments

Lord Brooke's Rgt = Yellow standard/ sash
Lord Fielding/Denbigh = gray cloth used for clothing or cape
Livesey's Kent Horse = Red lined blue coats
Arthur Haselrig = Dark Green standard/ sash ?
Waller's Dragoons = Yellow standard/ sash?
John Okey Dragoons = Red
Lord Hasting = Blue

More English Civil War Uniform Notes


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