In my readings about the English Civil War I have always bemoaned the dearth of information concerning standards. To help fill this gap and perhaps help add colour to a wargaming army and uniforms of this period I have set down the following information which I have extracted from a very valuable book entitled "The Civil War in Hampshire 1642-45" published in 1904 by G.N. Godwin. Royalist Horse: Lord Hopton's Guard Troop - A standard gules bearing a cannon or, above this the motto 'Et Sacris Compescuit Ignibus Ignes.' Royalist Foot: Colonel Hawkins - A 300-400 strong Regiment of Whitecoats. Other Royalist standards: Marquis of Winchester - A square standard with a scroll bearing motto 'Aimez Loyautel (Variation tDonec pax redeat terris' - Until peace return to the Earth). Sir Marmaduke Rawdon - A square standard bearing a spotted animal with a Ion bushy tail and an elongated snout with motto 'Mallem mo-i quam tardari' - I'll rather die than stop my course. Lord Capel A standard bearing a crown and sceptre over the motto 'Perfectissima gubernatiol' Monarchy the best of Governments. Parliamentary Foot: Colonel Morley - A standard bearing the motto 'Non ab Aequo sed in Aequo' Victory is not by Right but in Right. 1st Regiment of London Trained Bands - Gules, the distinction being piles wavey. Parliamentary Dragoons: Colonel Harvey - A standard bearing an open bible with the motto 'Lex Suprema, thereon above a representation of a city all above a motto 'Salus Patriae' - Safety of our Fatherland. Parliamentary Horse: Colonel Ludlow - A standard bearing an oper bible with the motto 'Verbum Dei' placed above a mitre, crozier and rosary. Colonel Sheffield - A standard bearing a picture of armed horsemen with the motto 'Deo Does, Nil Desperandum'. Sir Arthur Haslerigg's Ironsides - A green standard bearing a cloud with an anchor hanging out of it over the motto 'Only in Heaven'. Sir William Waller - A standard bearing a tree set next to a shield bearing three fleur-de-lys over the motto 'Fructus Virtutis'. Colonel Brown (2 i/c to Waller) - A standard bearing a skull surrounded by a laurel wreath over motto 'One of these.' Parliamentary Foot Regiments - Uniform Colours: Colonel Pickering - Blue: Colonel Montagu- Blue: Sir Hardress Wallers - Black. Readers may also be interested in forming an army of Clubmen - farmers and peasants who banded together to prevent either Royalist or Parliamentary forces antering and ravaging their home areas. Summarily put down by Cromwell they numbered over 14,000 in the Hampshire area as far as I can make out. Their banner was a white sheet bearing the motto 'If you offer to plunder or take our cattle You may be sure we'll give you battle." I hope these few notes help somebody -- if other readers possess similar information perhaps they too will send it in. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 133 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1973 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com