The London Trained Bands

April 1642

1st Regiment, The Red Regiment "The Distinctions Argent being Piles Wavey"

Colonel: Alderman Thomas Atkins

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col Marmaduke Rawdon William Chapman Arthur Hollingworth

Major Randolph Mannering George Payne John Ashley
1st James Bunce William Manby Francis Finch
2nd William Tucker Peter Cushing Thomas Corbett
3rd William Thomson Thomas Clarke Edward Wallis
4th Edward Hooker John Mold Thomas Archer
"Colonel's" Jonathon Gawthorn John Smeeting* George Mosse

Quartermaster: Martin Pinder, Quartermaster-General of The City.

2nd Regiment, The White Regiment "The Distinctions Gules being lozenges"

Colonel: Alderman Isaac Pennington

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col George Langham Timothy Crusoe John Juxon

Major Robert Davis John Smart jnr Nathaniel Simons
1st Thomas Chamberlin Richard Hardmeat John Smart jnr
2nd Thomas Player Joshua Wasmough Thomas Player
3rd Edmund Harvey George Langham Simon Hacket
4th Christopher Whichcott Nathaniel Cocke William Corey
"Colonel's" Forth Gooday william Steward* Robert Tomson

Quartermaster: John Melton

3rd Regiment, The Yellow Regiment "The Distinctions Sable being mullets"

Colonel: Sir John Wollaston

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col John Venn John Fenton Patrick Bamford

Major William Geere William Burles Robert Ashton
1st Richard Turner Samuel Turner John Alford
2nd Ralph Harrison Charles Jennings Ralph Woodcock
3rd Richard Cuthbert William Hichcot Edward Brandwood
4th Robert Tichbourn Matthew Andrewes Hamon Hart
"Colonel's" William Bariffe Robert Farington* Samuel Manning

Quartermaster: John Melton

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4th Regiment, The Blue Regiment "The Distinctions Plates"

Colonel: Alderman Thomas Adams

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col Edmund Foster Ralph Cotsforth John Cousins

Major Samuel Carleton Daniel Clarke Josiah Ente
1st Francis West John Stoneing Thomas Drinkwater
2nd John Blackwell Henry Hickman John Blackwell
3rd Richard Hacker Andrew Bidgood Humphrey Gould jnr
4th William Underwood Edward Rogers Richard Wilson
"Colonel's" Edward Bellamy George Hurlock Humphrey Gould snr

Quartermaster: Thomas Cox

5th Regiment, The Gren Regiment "The Distinctions Argent being Galthropes"

Colonel: Alderman John Warner

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col Matthew Forster Thomas Whitley Thomas Simcotts

Major Owen Rowe William Stackhouse Samuel Clerridge
1st Matthew Sheppard Walter White William Cam
2nd Francis Rowe Roger Clay Thomas Johnson
3rd Robert Mannering James Wancourt Ralph Tasker
"Colonel's" Nathaniel Hawes Thomas Jackson* Thomas Juxon

Quartermaster: Thomas Dancer

6th Regiment, The Orange Regiment "The Distinctions Argent being Trefoils"

Colonel: Alderman John Towse

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Lt-Col Roland Wilson John Brett William Julian

Major Thomas Buxton Richard Parker Walter Bosvile
1st Richard Browne Nathaniel Whetham Robert Russell
2nd Nathaniel Camfield Richard Lacy Thomas Pride
3rd Thomas Gower Thomas Wardley John Randall
"Colonel's" Richard Wollaston John Alsop* Besney Mason

Quartermaster: Thomas Harper

The Seniority of the Captains:

Marmaduke Rawdon
George Langham
John Venn
Edmund Foster
William Geere
Samuel Carleton
Randolph Mannering

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Robert Davis
Matthew Forster
Roland Wilson
James Bunce
Thomas Chamberlin
Thomas Buxton
Francis West
Owen Rowe
William Tucker
William Thomson
Matthew Sheppard
Edward Hooker
Richard Browne
Thomas Player
Richard Turner
John Blackwell
Francis Rowe
Ralph Harrison
Richard Cuthbert
Richard Hacker
Edmund Harvey
William Underwood
Christopher Whichcott
Robert Tichbourn
Nathaniel Camfield
Robert Mannering
Thomas Gower

The Seniority of the "Colonel's Captains":

Jonathon Gawthorn
Forth Gooday
William Bariffe
Edward Bellamy
Nathaniel Hawes
Richard Wollaston

Editor's Note: The "Colonel's Captain was the Regimental Captain-Lieutenant.

The Officer listed as the Lieutenant to the Colonel's Company and marked * is
designated as "The Bringer up to the Colonell's company".

The Names Dignitie & Places of the Severall Colonells..., London 1642.
British Library Thomason Tracts E669 f6 (10).