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Friday, 16 January 2026

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.

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I thought I would look up Grenville's (for fun)

Thomason Tract E.114.6 mentions 80 of Sir Beville Grenville's troops on Bodmin Moore with their Pikes and (Musket) rests painted in blue and white1). Note: Grenville's armorial colours seem to have been red and gold, however his family had also used a design of red and gold impaling blue and white, see discussion below.

I presume i neede not runne over the particular passages of this weekes businesse at Bodmin, how Sir Bevill G. after the first warrants under the hands of thirteene Comissioners for a muster (hearing of the peoples backwardnesse) about monday gave out a second, where he injoynes them to appeare upon paine of death; nor how at last he came to the race Posts upon Bodmin-downe, with 140 or 160 men, some of which he got out of Devonshire, and 80 were armed with his own proper Armes, very discernable for that the Pikes and Rests are all painted with white and blew;

19th August 16422).

It was reported 3) that Major General Chudleigh captured a large amount of weaponry, clothing, twelve drums and three ensigns from Hopton's Army – amongst this haul were red coats at Sourton Down (April 1643). At least five, possibly six, Cornish Regiments of Foot were present at Sourton Down.

Another report 4) refers to captured, Royalist deserters, most likely Cornish men, wearing redcoats “pressed men…gone home“.

– BCW Project

Courland Dragoons

.Part of the North Star 1672 range, available to order now. North Star says? 'They are Dragoons from Courland, who acted as William of Orange's bodyguard in 1672. You can see them in the background in a couple of paintings, including the one below.'

https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=19848

Jan Bruegel il giovane (attr.), allegoria dell'aria e del fuoco, 1650-60 ca

Jan Brueghel the Younger - Wikipedia

Anyone got a better version of this?

This image depicts the historical moment of the Black Watch mutineers entering the Tower of London under guard on May 31, 1743. The event stemmed from a misunderstanding and fear of deployment to the West Indies, a location known for high disease rates.