Farndon Civil War window

Sir Francis Gamull’s Regiment of Chester Volunteer Foot

 St Chad's church, Farndon - the Civil... © Mike Searle cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

trained-band:chester:sir-francis-gamull – BCW Project

Sir Francis and a selection of soldiers presumed to belong to his regiment are illustrated in the form of stained glass at St Chad’s Church in Farndon, Cheshire, Farndon Church together with prominent Chester Royalists Sir Richard Grosvenor, Sir William Mainwaring and William Barnston. The window was painted post-restoration using Civil War era drill manuals as inspiration for the figures. The coat colours today appear yellow, but examination of the window has shown that originally some were painted in red, as shown in the link above, the colour having deteriorated over the centuries. There were additional similar stained glass depictions at Poole Hall Poole Hall. Therefore on this evidence, it appears that Gamull's regiment wore both yellow coats and red coats, and carried a red (or rose) flag.

From the stained glass depictions and records below, the regiment was armed conventionally with pikes and muskets.