497:. However, nine years later there were 595 arquebuses in the county, besides 112 in Exeter. Although the militia obligation was universal, it was clearly impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so the militia commissioners in some counties including Devon separated their able men aged 16 to 60 into three categories. 'Pryncipall' men were best suited for soldiering; those of the 'seconde' rank had some promise, while the remainder were classed as 'unable'. After 1572 it became the universal practice to select a proportion of the available men for the
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their way to
Portsmouth. Only 200 of the men drawn from Plymouth garrison returned. That same month Luttrell's Regiment was involved in a failed defence of Barnstaple, and the captured regiment was officially disbanded on 1 December 1644 (after which Luttrell briefly commanded the Plymouth Regiument of Horse in the Plymouth garrison). The Royalists resumed their landward blockade of Plymouth, which was now undermanned. However, the town could be resupplied by sea and it continued to hold out in the Royalists' rear.
785:, a group of North Devon conscripts dragged Lieutenant Compton Evers from his lodgings and beat and stabbed him to death for being a Papist. They then deserted. This time the government acted vigorously: although the Somerset authorities were supine (the people of Wellington were fined for not doing anything to prevent the murder), the deputy lieutenants of Devon succeeded in capturing 140 of the 160 deserters when they reached home. However the disorders continued when the army's infantry assembled under
956:' of 50 musketeers, who panicked and fled. The panic spread to the main force, which also fled, pursued by Digby and the 150 troopers of the guard who killed 200 and captured 200 prisoners. Barnstaple and Bideford surrendered soon afterwards, Exeter followed on 4 September, and Dartmouth surrendered to Maurice in October, with the capture of large numbers of ships and cannon. Northcote was taken prisoner at Barnstaple, and the TB regiments in the garrisons were dispersed.
59:
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877:. Hopton failed in an attempt to take Plymouth, then moved on Exeter, which he briefly besieged. The Exeter TB, supplemented by volunteers, formed part of the Parliamentary garrison together with Bampfylde's and possibly Rosewell's TB regiments. However, the Parliamentary garrison of Plymouth threw reinforcements into Exeter and Hopton was forced to retire into Cornwall once more.
41:
578:, totalling 3661 men) were instructed to join the army forming to defend the South Coast of England, while 1650 able-bodied untrained men remained to defend the county. Devon also supplied 150 light horsemen and 50 'petronels' (the petronel was an early cavalry firearm); it had no 'lances' (heavily armoured horsemen) but instead supplied 200 additional musketeers.
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TB (possibly commanded by Col John Wear). Northcote's regiment was also present, 1200 strong, but it was probably now a full-time volunteer regiment, even if it was partly recruited from his trained band regiment. The
Parliamentarian navy attempted to run supplies into the city on 25 July, but failed with the loss of three ships. Berkeley was now reinforced by
980:
raised the siege of
Plymouth and retired over the Tamar. After Barnstaple was recaptured by the Parliamentary forces, Rolle recalled his North Devon TB regiment, which reformed under Col John Luttrell, a former major in the regiment. Luttrell had been commissioned colonel on 2 June 1644 to raise new
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led to emphasis being placed on the 17 'maritime' counties most vulnerable to attack, and in 1584 the Devon TBs fielded more men than any other county: assessed at 1200 'shot' (men with firearms), 800 bowmen, and 1000 'corslets', the county actually provided more than was required in each category, a
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with his regiment of horse and some dragoons to prevent the
Bideford and Barnstaple forces from joining up. He arrived at Torrington, where he was joined by some newly raised foot, and quartered his men in the town. However, the Barnstaple and Bideford men (300 horse and 1200 foot, including Rolle's
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he was bottled up by the King's army that had arrived from Oxford, while the fleet was kept in
Plymouth by adverse winds and could not relieve him. Although the cavalry cut their way out of the trap, Essex and the foot were obliged to surrender on 2 September. The paroled Parliamentary troops made
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and
Barnstaple, which were masked while Hopton joined the Royalist Western Army in Somerset. Sir John Berkeley began a close siege of Exeter in June. The garrison included the Exeter TB and the surviving elements of the East Devon TB (probably now under Col Henry Aishford) and the North East Devon
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on 23 April. Hopton with a smaller force took up a position on Beacon Hill outside the town and
Chudleigh began an attack. Both sides received reinforcements during the day, including 100 men of Northcote's Regiment, who with a London regiment defended Polson Bridge against the Royalist cavalry. By
967:
Plymouth was now closely besieged by the
Royalists, using the ships captured at Dartmouth to prevent resupply by sea. The prewar Plymouth Town TB regiment, whose normal role was to provide part-time unpaid night sentries, formed part of the garrison. However, Plymouth was well-defended and Maurice
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on 25 April. Amongst the material captured were Hopton's papers, including orders he had received to link up with the
Royalist forces in Somerset. Stamford then collected as many troops as he could (including Rolle's, Rosewell's and Bampfylde's Devon TB regiments) to invade Cornwall and prevent
849:. In August Arthur Bassett was commissioned to take command of the regiment and attempted to disband and disarm it to provide for the Royalist army. He was ignored, and Rolle's Regiment supported the Parliamentarians. John Bampfylde and John Northcote had both been created
896:
on 8 February 1643 the
Parliamentary troops initially dispersed, then rallied at Chagford, where they caused casualties to the Royalists in a confused skirmish. Northcote's regiment may have been involved in this action. As Hopton tried to gain control of Devonshire,
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The Devon TB colonels and their regiments supported Parliament. The South Hams and North East Devon regiments were still commanded by Col Henry Champernowne of Modbury and Sir John Bampfylde. The East Devon regiment (probably Drake's) was commanded by
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the end of the day Hopton had a superior force and began a counter-attack, but Chudleigh got his shaken men back over the river, covered by the steadiness of the party at the bridge. Following up into Devon, Hopton's army in turn was routed at the
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that forms the border between them, but Hopton was able to recruit a brigade of excellent infantry from the ranks of the Cornish TBs. He then began moving back into Devon in December: Rolle's Regiment of Devon TBs was engaged in a skirmish at
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under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. The Militia regiments reformed in 1662 were popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the
817:, yet when open war broke out neither side made much use of the TBs beyond securing the county armouries for their own full-time troops. Some trained bands were used as garrison troops, only a few as field regiments. An attempt by the
756:
However, substitution was rife and many of those sent on this unpopular service would have been untrained replacements and 'pressed men' (conscripts). Officers from the Pollard family extracted such large bribes from Degory Doole of
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had ordered the impressment of able-bodied unemployed men, and the Queen ordered 'none of her trayned-bands to be pressed'. Replacing the weapons issued to the levies from the militia armouries was a heavy cost on the counties.
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However, Essex now overreached himself and marched on into Cornwall. His army had been weakened by the need to garrison the recaptured towns, and he drew out 1000 men from the Plymouth garrison as reinforcements. At
914:, and retreated from this, abandoned their blockade of Plymouth, and agreeing a local truce they retired into Cornwall. Parliament regained control of South Devon and Hele never took over the South Hams regiment.
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had gathered to relieve Plymouth. This force included Champernowne's, Bampfylde's, Rolle's and Rosewell's (and possibly Northcote's) TB regiments. The Royalists lost 100 dead, 150 prisoners and 5 guns at the
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In the 16th Century little distinction was made between the militia and the troops levied by the counties for overseas expeditions, and between 1585 and 1601 Devon supplied over 1490 levies for service in
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that had supported Cromwell's military dictatorship, and almost the whole burden of home defence and internal security was entrusted to the militia under politically reliable local landowners. The
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On the expiry of the truce, Stamford sent Chudleigh with a force including elements at least of Rolle's, Rosewell's and Bampfylde's Devon TB regiments across the Tamar at Polson Bridge to attack
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in North East Cornwall, the only part of the county that supported Parliament. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Hopton's infantry stormed the hill with three converging columns on 16 May (the
2063:
947:
with the Western Army. In August the Parliamentary commanders decided to relieve Exeter by land, using forces drawn from the garrisons of Plymouth, Barnstaple and Bideford. Berkeley sent
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of Bovey Tracey and Mohun's Ottery had been a colonel of the Devon TBs before the war. He died in 1643, but some of his former regiment may have been among the Royalists besieged by the
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to relieve these sieges. Maurice raised the siege of Lyme on 18 June and fell back to Exeter. Essex then pushed further into the West Country, reaching Tavistock on 23 July, upon which
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was commissioned on 20 February to take over Champernowne's South Hams TB (consisting of 1000 'tinners') for the Royalists, but early on 21 February the Royalists were attacked in
741:
Although every English county was ordered in late 1638 to muster its TBs and keep them in readiness, the men of the West Country were kept in reserve and were not involved in the
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Parliamentary regiments of horse and foot for the operation to recapture Barnstaple, but may have simply taken over Rolle's men. Luttrell's regiment was involved in attacks on
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Devon TB) got within half of a mile of the town before they were seen. Hurriedly deploying the guard, Digby with four or five other mounted officers charged the Parliamentary '
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in October 1645. The New Model Army finally relieved Plymouth for the last time in January 1646 as the war drew to an end and it completed the conquest of the West Country.
1039:
505:, but the musters were unsatisfactory, with many propertied people shirking their obligation to provide arms and armour. This earned the Earl of Bedford a rebuke from of
845:, who had been a militia captain since 1627, also commanded one of the regiments. By the summer of 1642 Pollard's former North Devon regiment was under the command of
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1790:
1467:
885:
781:. Apart from a few named men (most of whom were not caught) the Dorset TBs were treated with surprising lenience, and trouble continued. Three weeks later, at
1779:
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led the Royalist cavalry west into Cornwall, which was firmly held for the King by the Cornish TBs. Both counties' trained bands were reluctant to cross the
1273:
1705:
770:
1309:
1289:
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Once Parliament had established full control of the country in 1648 it passed legislation to reorganise the militia in various counties, including an
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1333:
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. In 1633 the Devon TBs under the
1973:
1449:
793:
in July. Astley reported that Lt-Col Culpepper hd been 'beastly slain by the Devonshire men'. The campaign was a fiasco, and ended in defeat at the
502:
1691:
1569:
2009:
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments
769:. Not only were the conscripted men untrained, they were also undisciplined. On the march north a company of the Dorset TBs had murdered their
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broke up the siege in December to go into winter quarters. He renewed the siege in early 1644, but on 20 April he temporarily left to begin a
2016:
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501:(TBs), who were mustered for regular training. In that year Devonshire mustered 9224 'able men', including tin-miners and mariners, under 53
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By September 1642 Parliamentary forces were gaining control of Devon. Rosewell's and possibly Northcote's regiments were at the indecisive
612:
263:
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After Stratton Hopton quickly overran the whole of Devonshire, with the exception of the garrisoned towns of Plymouth, Exeter, Dartmouth,
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1344:
977:
973:
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935:). The Parliamentary army including the Devon TBs broke and fled, leaving 300 dead and 1700 prisoners, Chudleigh amongst them.
842:
637:
623:
129:
125:
865:
677:
1383:
673:
658:
521:
898:
684:
594:. However, the counties usually conscripted the unemployed and criminals rather than the Trained Bandsmen – in 1585 the
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447:
259:. The entry into force of these Acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England.
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in 1640, and every county was given a quota of troops to provide from its TBs: Devon was ordered to March 2000 men to
384:
948:
1482:
944:
525:
279:
278:, and issued detailed orders for the organisation of the militia on 18 April 1558. He organised the men from the
160:, first organised in 1558. They were periodically embodied for home defence and internal security, including the
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By now the Plymouth Town Regiment was the only unit of the Devon TBs still serving under Parliamentary command.
846:
595:
513:
408:
133:
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of Devonshire in 1642 was a failure (compared with their success in raising the Trained Bands in neighbouring
892:'s Parliamentarian force at Kingsbridge, which was successful. But when Berkeley attempted to do the same at
1031:
the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the New Model Army to control the country.
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881:
814:
575:
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of Devonshire into four groups for the defence of the harbours on the north and south coasts of the county:
165:
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1920:
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In addition there were also the Exeter Trained Band and four independent companies of 'tinners' from the
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220:
216:
90:
1487:
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With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th Century. Later,
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366:
299:
228:
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1955:
918:
806:
782:
608:
591:
412:
256:
244:
240:
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969:
750:
471:
315:
932:
928:
857:
838:
396:
362:
157:
100:
86:
46:
2012:
1981:
1963:
1945:
1937:
1909:
1887:
794:
691:
463:
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451:
342:
338:
311:
252:
212:
149:
108:
2001:
The military effectiveness of the West Country Militia at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion
1931:
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998:
874:
719:
459:
404:
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388:
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331:
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864:, withdrew with his infantry and artillery into South Wales where he had greater support.
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424:
354:
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303:
291:
248:
207:
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and Hopton was able to re-enter Devonshire, resuming the blockade of Plymouth. He sent
676:'s Regiment: 649 muskets and 370 pikes in 6 companies (probably commanded by his father
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1002:
762:
571:
475:
467:
319:
307:
161:
1999:
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Col Henry Champernowne's Regiment: 256 muskets and 125 pikes in 4 companies (from the
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1486:
1048:
1006:
542:
498:
490:
224:
169:
62:
290:, with 12 assistants and 9 'petty captains': the City of Exeter and the Hundreds of
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766:
512:
By 1577 the Devon Trained Bands were divided into three 'Divisions', each with two
440:
287:
185:
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on 7 June. The term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties. Under the
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Hopton joining this concentration. Stamford took up a strong hilltop position at
337:
Under Sir John St Leger, with 9 assistants and 8 petty captains: the Hundreds of
239:
The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (
1886:, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959/Moreton-in-Marsh, Windrush Press, 1998,
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479:
893:
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630:
436:
378:
323:
202:
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640:'s Regiment: 617 muskets and 353 pikes in 6 companies (from North East Devon)
493:, because the 1560 survey of arms and armour in Devonshire reported only two
1978:
All the King's Armies: A Military History of the English Civil War 1642–1651
830:
723:
1780:
Col William Gould's Horse at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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by Charles the previous year, but when war came they supported Parliament.
1936:, London: United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987,
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Devon Trained Bands 1633 at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Parliamentary forces followed Hopton into Cornwall but were beaten at the
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494:
432:
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267:
72:
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The Great Civil War: A Military History of the First Civil War 1642–1646
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902:
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Col Sir John Drake's Regiment: 594 muskets and 408 pikes in 6 companies
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546:
538:
486:
374:
370:
327:
198:
94:
76:
1791:
Southcott's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Northcott's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
1706:
Luttrell's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Devon Trained Bands at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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North East Devon TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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275:
271:
1334:
Pollard's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
1906:
The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640
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Plymouth Town TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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of 1639. However, Charles planned a larger invasion force for the
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194:
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year of 1588 the three Devonshire Divisions (each of three large
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South Division, Cols Sir John Gilbert and Hugh Cary of Cockington
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East Devon TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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to avoid service that they were prosecuted for extortion in the
189:
1933:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
1290:
South Hams TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Control of the militia was one of the areas of dispute between
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By 1638 the Devon TBs totalled 4253 muskets and 2509 corslets.
2032:
British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660
773:, whose harshness was resented and who was rumoured to be a '
649:
Dartmouth Trained Band: 64 muskets and 32 pukes in 1 company
1570:
Exeter TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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in September 1642, after which the Royalist commander, the
387:, with 10 assistants and 8 petty captains: the Hundreds of
450:, with 8 assistants and 7 petty captains: the Hundreds of
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in Dorset. Parliament now sent its main army under the
646:
Town Regiment: 218 muskets and 92 pikes in 4 companies
334:, and all the creeks and landing-places in the hundreds
2074:
Military units and formations of the English Civil War
687:'s Regiment: 624 muskets and 360 pikes in 6 companies
661:'s Regiment: 600 muskets and 400 pikes in 6 companies
626:'s Regiment: 585 muskets and 315 pikes in 6 companies
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1662
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North Division, Cols Hugh Fortescue and Hugh Pollard
266:
was appointed lieutenant for the counties of Devon,
193:, the military force raised from the freemen of the
164:
campaign in 1588, and saw active service during the
247:c. 2). The county militia was now placed under the
119:
114:
82:
68:
53:
33:
25:
20:
1364:Fissel, pp. 116–7, 208, 242–3, 259, 278–84; Map 2.
704:Trained Band: 52 muskets and 40 pikes in 1 company
2064:Military units and formations established in 1558
1901:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
841:of Forde Abbey, John Drake's brother-in-law, and
1993:Battles and Generals of the Civil Wars 1642–1651
1038:, the English Militia was re-established by the
243:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour (
2011:, London: Longmans, 1897/Andesite Press, 2015,
1908:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994,
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485:Most of these men would have been armed with
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1944:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2015
1871:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967.
1675:
1673:
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1962:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988,
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1622:
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888:to 'beat up' the quarters of Major-General
1927:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
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1301:
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1020:Ordinance to settle the Militia of Devon
905:by a large Parliamentary force that the
2004:, Cranfield University PhD thesis 2011.
1743:Burne & Young, pp. 77, 170–80, 192.
1059:
2059:Military units and formations in Devon
615:as Lord Lieutenant were organised as:
17:
777:', while the Dorset men were largely
7:
537:By now the weapons consisted of 647
1734:Rogers, pp. 126, 128–9, 131–2, 153.
1355:Fissel, pp. 190, 207–8; Map 1.
963:Map of the Siege of Plymouth, 1643.
377:, and the creeks between there and
829:) and it was quickly dispersed by
565:The threat of invasion during the
443:and all the creeks in the hundreds
14:
1869:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638
1497:. Vol. 41. pp. 193–194.
2034:– The BCW Project (archive site)
1980:, Staplehurst: Spelmount, 1998,
1494:Dictionary of National Biography
1237:Cruickshank, pp. 25–9, 126, 291.
215:, and was reorganised under the
57:
39:
130:Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet
126:Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet
1995:, London: Seeley Service 1968.
1384:"Trained Bands at BCW Project"
678:Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet
541:(firearms), 651 longbows, 830
168:. They were reformed into the
1:
1925:A History of the British Army
1801:Burne & Young, pp. 220–2.
1716:Burne & Young, pp. 145–7.
1580:Burne & Young, pp. 39–41.
478:and the creeks from there to
1607:Burne & Young, pp. 42–6.
1525:Burne & Young, pp. 37–8.
553:(pikemen's armour) and 637
1051:were reformed around 1662.
1036:Restoration of the Monarchy
545:and 1160 'black bills' and
2090:
1483:Courtney, William Prideaux
570:total of 3178 men. In the
1960:The Civil Wars of England
1930:Col. George Jackson Hay,
1637:Burne & Young, p. 77.
1507:Burne & Young, p. 17.
1408:Burne & Young, p. 38.
858:Siege of Sherborne Castle
2049:Trained Bands of England
912:Second Battle of Modbury
694:Horse: three 'cornets' (
95:Second Battle of Modbury
1752:Kenyon, pp. 111–3, 117.
1488:"Northcote, John"
1174:Fortescue, pp. 16, 125.
1102:Cruickshank, pp. 17–25.
882:Battle of Braddock Down
815:First English Civil War
217:Assizes of Arms of 1181
197:under command of their
184:was descended from the
166:First English Civil War
1998:Christopher L. Scott,
1761:Reid, pp. 178–83, 193.
964:
924:Battle of Sourton Down
761:and Thomas Jeffrey of
692:Sir Ferdinando Gorges'
245:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
241:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
201:. It continued as the
104:Siege of Exeter (1643)
91:Siege of Exeter (1642)
1904:Mark Charles Fissel,
1828:Fortescue, pp. 294–5.
1417:Fortescue, pp. 198–9.
978:Sir Richard Grenville
962:
638:John Bampfylde Junior
522:Sir William Courtenay
474:– for the defence of
423:– for the defence of
369:– for the defence of
322:– for the defence of
257:Justices of the Peace
229:Statute of Winchester
152:force recruited from
98:Battle of Beacon Hill
2007:Col. Henry Walrond,
1991:Col. H.C.B. Rogers,
1837:Hay, pp. 104–6, 270.
1210:Boynton, Appendix I.
1075:Hay, pp. 11–17, 60–1
1013:Commonwealth Militia
999:Sir Popham Southcott
862:Marquess of Hertford
783:Wellington, Somerset
520:East Division, Cols
448:Sir Richard Edgcumbe
106:Sieges of Barnstaple
1770:Rogers, pp. 153–64.
1264:Walrond, pp. 19–21.
1111:Fissel, pp. 184–87.
1066:Fissel, pp. 178–80.
1040:Militia Act of 1661
970:Siege of Lyme Regis
751:Newcastle upon Tyne
747:Second Bishops' War
736:
613:4th Earl of Bedford
385:Sir John Chichester
264:2nd Earl of Bedford
146:Devon Trained Bands
21:Devon Trained Bands
1897:C.G. Cruickshank,
1658:Reid, pp. 59, 163.
1373:Walrond, pp. 21–2.
1246:Fissel, pp. 174–8.
1228:Walrond, pp. 15–7.
1201:Walrond, pp. 14–5.
1192:Walrond, pp. 10–4.
1165:Fissel, pp. 187–8.
965:
933:Battle of Stratton
843:Sir John Northcote
839:Sir Henry Rosewell
743:First Bishops' War
654:Eastern Division:
624:Sir Edward Seymour
516:and six captains:
253:Deputy Lieutenants
251:, assisted by the
158:South West England
101:Battle of Stratton
87:Siege of Sherborne
2017:978-1-376-17881-4
1950:978-1-78331-171-2
1867:Lindsay Boynton,
1846:Scott, pp. 68–73.
1667:Rogers, pp. 97–8.
1557:Rogers, pp. 60–1.
1539:Kenyon, pp. 68–9.
1219:Hay, pp. 91, 270.
1147:Walrond, pp. 6–9.
1120:Fortescue, p. 12.
1093:Walrond, pp. 1–4.
795:Battle of Newburn
659:Francis Courtenay
507:Queen Elizabeth I
148:were a part-time
139:
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2024:External sources
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1138:Scott, pp. 61–2.
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1129:Hay, pp. 25, 88.
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1100:
1094:
1091:
1085:
1084:Scott, pp. 55–8.
1082:
1076:
1073:
1067:
1064:
907:Earl of Stamford
886:SirJohn Berkeley
866:Sir Ralph Hopton
847:Sir Samuel Rolle
821:to call out the
813:that led to the
787:Sir Jacob Astley
669:North Division:
619:South Division:
590:and 150 for the
526:Sir Robert Denys
409:Black Torrington
288:Sir Thomas Denys
134:Sir Samuel Rolle
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1876:Alfred H. Burne
1864:
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1855:Walrond, p. 24.
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899:Sir Thomas Hele
890:James Chudleigh
831:Parliamentarian
823:posse comitatus
803:
759:North Petherwin
739:
605:
563:
249:Lord Lieutenant
237:
223:, and again by
208:Posse comitatus
182:English militia
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1086:
1077:
1068:
1058:
1056:
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1014:
1011:
1003:New Model Army
983:Appledore Fort
949:Sir John Digby
945:Prince Maurice
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991:Lostwithiel
870:River Tamar
797:in August.
685:John Acland
592:Netherlands
567:Spanish War
561:Spanish War
549:, with 841
480:Kingsbridge
472:Stanborough
316:Teignbridge
186:Anglo-Saxon
83:Engagements
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1862:References
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919:Launceston
894:Okehampton
875:Torrington
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495:arquebuses
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363:Witheridge
324:Teignmouth
211:under the
203:Shire levy
154:Devonshire
122:commanders
115:Commanders
819:Royalists
801:Civil War
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332:Dartmouth
312:Exminster
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172:in 1662.
29:1558–1662
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551:corslets
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280:Hundreds
268:Cornwall
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903:Modbury
584:Ireland
375:Exmouth
355:Bampton
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