Commissions for 4,000 Horse and Dragoons

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1651. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1877.

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'Commissions for 4,000 Horse and Dragoons', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1651, (London, 1877) pp. 514-515. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/interregnum/1651/pp514-515 [accessed 12 April 2024]

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Commissions for 4,000 Horse and Dragoons

Commissions for the 3,000 Horse and 1,000 Dragoons raised by Order of Parliament.

First Horse regiment, for safety of the Eastern association and Inland parts, &c. (fn. 1)

Date. Office. Name. Reference.
1651 I.119.
April 21. Col. Rob. Jermy 177
" " Lieut. Rob. Burton
" " Cornet Stephen Carr
" " Qt.-Mstr. Peter Blofield
" " Major Ed. Horseman
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet
" " Qt.-Mstr.
" " Capt. Col. Hum. Brewster.
" " Lieut. —Ward
" " Cornet Wm. Field
" " Qt.-Mstr. —Langsdale
" " Capt. Major Jno. Moody
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet Timothy Day
" " Qt.-Mstr. —Turner
" " Capt. Jenkin Jones
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet Wm. Watkins
" " Qt.-Mstr. Jas. Watkins
" " Capt. Major Rob. Pelham
" " Lieut Richd. Waddon
April 21. Cornet James King 177
" " Qt.-Mstr. John Crab
" " Capt. Major John Stirke
" " Lieut. Jas. Ivie
" " Qt.-Mstr. Richd. Collier
" " Capt. John James 176
" " Lieut. Clement Milward
" " Cornet Morgan Watkins
" " Qt.-Mstr. Edward Stevens
" " Capt. Wm. Ivorie
" " Lieut. Wm. Stevenson
" " Qt.-Mstr. Wm. White
" " Capt. —Sydenham
" " Lieut. —Sheppard
" " Cornet John Grosvenor
" " Capt. Robert Sparrow
" " Lieut. —Collins
" " Cornet Robt. Dorrington
" " Qt.-Mstr. Anth. Scarpe
" " Capt. —Moyse
" " Lieut. Wm. Lazenbie
" " Cornet John Kirke
" " Qt.-Mstr. Thos. Searle

Second Horse Regiment for London and Kent. (fn. 1)

April 21. Col. Benjamin Blundell 175
" " Lieut. Richard Bagnell
" " Cornet Thos. Seppens
" " Qt.-Mstr. Edmund Waddy
" " Major Edm. Waring
" " Lieut. Osburne Edwards
" " Cornet Wm. Hayes
" " Qt.-Mstr. Richd. Hope
" " Capt. Thos. Kempe
" " Lieut. Richd. Orum
" " Cornet Hy. Wharton
" " Qt.-Mstr. John Hill
" " Capt. St. Jno. Brothericke
" " Lieut. —Hely
" " Qt.-Mstr. Erasmus Sanders
" " Capt. Major Thos. Foach
" " Lieut. —Fry
" " Cornet John Dobber
" " Qt.-Mstr. Hy. Elliot
" " Capt. Chas. Bowles
April 21. Lieut. Thos. Lodington 175
" " Cornet John Addis
" " Qt.-Mstr. George Dennis
" " Capt. John Geale (fn. 2)
" " Lieut. Wm. Angell
" " Cornet Ed. Acton
" " Qt.-Mstr. Benj. Smith
" " Capt. Hy. Courtney 174
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet
" " Qt. Mstr. Jeremy Bodley
" " Capt. Major Beard
" " Lieut. Hy. Newberry
" " Cornet —Rawlins
" " Qt.-Mstr. Thos. Westwood
" " Capt. Sam Ayre
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet
" " Qt.-Mstr. — Pate

Third Horse Regiment. Blank commissions for 12 troops sent to Major-General Harrison. [I. 119, p. 171.]

Regiment of Dragoons.

Date. Office. Name. Reference.
1651. I. 119.
April 21. Col. Edw. Smith (fn. 3) 173
" " Major Charles Ducket
" " Lieut. John Lloyd
" " Cornet Chrstphr. Handley
" " Qt.-Mstr. Nich. Goodgam
" " Capt. —Lawrence
" " Cornet John Bradley
" " Capt. Richard Kemp
" " Lieut. Richard Greene
" " Cornet Thos. Baker
" " Qt.-Mstr. Thos. Mullener
" " Capt. Alex. Temple (fn. 4)
April 21. Lieut. Richard Savage, (fn. 5) 172
" " Qt.-Mstr. Chrst. Phetiplace
" " Capt. Major Parker, viceDumaresq or Dumorris, 1.
" " Lieut.
" " Cornet Art. Bodley (fn. 5)
" " Qt.-Mstr.
" " Capt. —Kensey
" " Lieut. — Plomer
" " Cornet Thos. Cockyn
" " Surgeon Ed. Ponsonby

Footnotes

  • 1. The chief commissions are ordered in the Council of State Order Book, I. 65, p. 295–6. The form of commission is given in I. 119, p. 178.
  • 2. In the order for the captains' commissions in the Council of State Order Book, Geale or Goale is named as lieutenant, and Wm. Feilder and — Moyse as captains, in place of Geale and — Ayre. [I. 65, p. 296.]
  • 3. I. 65, p. 296.
  • 4. The Order for commissions gives Chaplain, Norman, William, Courtney, as captains, omitting Temple, Parker, and Kensey. [I. 65, p. 296.]
  • 5. I. 19, p. 125.