The Royalist Army is organised into five infantry tercios and a cavalry regiment. Each tercio consists of several regiments of foot. The army is commanded by the Lord General – appointed by the King to command his field army. On field you will see the army command – the Lord General and his staff – send commands via runners to each tercio commander who order their troops accordingly. On occasion King Charles I commanded the army himself and at some re-enactments you may see the Royal Standard indicating the King is present. The following list shows the Regiments in each tercio.
Colonel Richard Bagot’s Regiment of Foote
Birmingham, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Sussex
The King’s Lifeguard of Foote Kent, Oxfordshire, Birmingham, South Wales, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire
Marquess of Newcastle’s Regiment of Foote East Riding of Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Dyfed, Powys, Ayrshire, Berwickshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Kirkudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Peeblesshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, West Lothian and Wigtownshire