17th Century History – Newcastle's Foote

Marston Moor Talk Given at Monument on the 2025 Memorial March by Simon Wright

fish — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:58:25 +0000

On 2nd July 1644 some 42,000 men from five armies gathered in the fields that surround us. What followed would be the largest battle of the Civil Wars which engulfed England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland between 1642 and 1651.How did they come to be here?I could talk about generals and the more famous units like …

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Marston Moor Talk Given at Monument on the 2024 Memorial March by Simon Wright

fish — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:00:06 +0000

Preface Part of the Annual Marston Moor Memorial march is a short talk entitled “The Story of Marston Moor”. When called upon to do this I try to pick a different theme on each occasion. The following is last year’s effort (2024). It is not intended to be a definitive, academic account, rather an attempt …

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Hiding In Plain Sight – Possible Unconsidered Evidence As To What Happened At Marston Moor?

fish — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:58:43 +0000

One of the books on the shelf above where I work at home is called “Fuller’s Worthies”. This is subset of a larger work called “Worthies Of England” by Thomas Fuller. Published in 1662, this is subtitled “The history of the worthies of England who for parts and learning have been eminent in the several …

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Upcoming Event: ‘Holly Holy Day 2019’, Nantwich – 26th January 2019

fish — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:12:04 +0000

Holly Holy Day in Nantwich, the pre-season unfriendly as it is sometimes called, is the first battle of the year. It give us a chance to meet with fellow members of the Newcastle’s Foote and friends from other Sealed Knot regiments. The Battle on Mill Island will be hard fought and probably muddy… Organisers – …

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June 2018: What we’ve been up to and what’s coming up.

fish — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:55:45 +0000

Last weekend, a number of the regiment headed to Pontefract Park again to take part in Wakefield Armed Forces Day. After the success of the event last year, we were very excited to be going back and setting up camp again. Arriving early, the camp was set up before members of the public arrived and …

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William Cavendish, The Marquess of Newcastle

fish — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:50:04 +0000

We thought it was about time to introduce you to the man at the top, William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle and take a look at the life and career of the man who’s regiment we make up. Scholar, writer, politician, and patron of the arts: these are all ways William Cavendish would have been considered …

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Colours of the English Civil War

fish — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:43:40 +0000

As you’ve probably worked out, we don’t do a great deal of fighting over the winter. To keep our blog ticking over, we’re going to write about a range of topics including wider 17th Century history, more information about the members of our regiment and other interesting things we think you might like. To kick …

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Erbert’s Edgehill

fish — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:04:37 +0000

In our final post for our series on Edgehill, Anne has once again written a great piece for our blog. This time though, Anne decided to take a look at things from a different angle and used her creative writing skills to write a piece on what it might have been like to be there that day… …

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#375Edgehill: The Battle of Edgehill, 23rd October 1642

fish — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:30:24 +0000

375 years ago today, the Battle of Edgehill took place just outside of Kineton, Warwickshire. It was the first of many pitched battles of the English Civil Wars that took place between 1642 and 1651. Regimental Member Anne has written a follow up to her piece about the road to rebellion that was published a couple of …

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The Road to Rebellion: Why did England go to war with itself?

fish — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:38:16 +0000

In just a couple of days time, it will be the 375th Anniversary of the Battle of Edgehill. This was the first pitched battle of the English Civil Wars that took place across the British Isles from 1642 to 1651. Although Edgehill is often considered the start of the wars, there was obviously a series …

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