The Marquess of Winchester's Regiment

English Civil War Re-enacting

Colonel John Fox's Regiment of Foote
We are a modern Re-enactment group with members all across the UK. Our group is a member of several larger groups with whom we co-operate on a regular basis to stage medium and large events. Mostly we co-operate with the three other regiments of the Fairfax Battalia with whom we share a commanding officer and almost all our Event List.

Colonel Robert Overton's Regiament of Foote ( broken link )
Today's regiment is made up of people from all over the country and all walks of life. We have many entire families as members, and everyone both young and old plays an active and enjoyable part in our re-enactment events. It is a year round source of comradeship, combining a unique blend of history, excitement and sheer good fun! We really are a society of friends.

Colonel Valentine Walton's Regiment of Foot
Welcome to the web site of Colonel Valentine Walton's Regiment of Foot, the largest regiment in the award winning Fairfax Battalia.The regiment was formed in 1974 and is part of the Fairfax Battalia of the Roundhead Association within The English Civil War Society. We portray aspects of military, civilian and domestic life during the English Civil War. More recently De Bergsche Battery from the Netherlands (Holland) have become affiliated with the Waltons and we join together for events. You can find a link to the Battery in our Links section. This site is also available in Dutch. Walton's have a progressive attitude towards improving our understanding of the era and this is shown in the enthusiasm of our members towards "getting it right". We take pride in seeking accuracy, copying surviving examples of clothing and artifacts. Our regiment contains many skilled crafts people and experts on aspects of period life.

John Bright's Regiment of Foote
On here you can find not only the historial information on our regtiment but also about how the re-enactment regiment was started and who we are today.

'Earl of Essex Regiment of Foot
The Earl of Essex Regiment of Foot, Part of The English Civil War Society, is a pike and musket regiment dedicated to the accurate portrayal of life during the English Civil War during the 17th Century. We are members of the Roundhead Association part of the English Civil War Society. Together with other members of ECWS we portray skirmishes, battles and 17th Century events throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

'Coll. John Hampden's Regiment of Foote
Coll. John Hampden's Regiment of Foote is a re-enactment group, an integral part of the Roundhead Association and the English Civil War Society. Founded in 1974, the regiment was named in honour of the real-life regiment commanded in the seventeenth century by JOHN HAMPDEN M.P., one of the pivotal English figures of the 1630s, that took the field in 1642, to stand up against Tyranny and Oppression! John Hampden was known in his lifetime as "Patriae Pater", the father of the people, and had he not been tragically killed in the Civil War, the outcome might have been very different.

Colonel Edward Montagu's Regiment of Foot
In June 1643 Edward Montagu received a'local' commission to raise a regiment of foot in from his cousin the 2nd Earl of Manchester - Historians beware as the Earl of Manchester was also called Edward Montagu!The regiment was quartered around Newport Pagnell with several other foot regiments, under the command of Lieutenant General Lawrence Crawford. This force, under Crawford, attacked Hillesden House on the 5th March. Hillesden House was a Royalist garrison which was part of the string of defences created to protect Oxford. Oxford was where the King, Charles I, was based and became the 'Royalist Capital' in the 1st Civil War (1642 - 1646). The house and the garrison surrendered after an engagement lasting only 15 minutes! Crawford's force then marched back to Newport Pagnell.

Colquhouns Artillery (broken Link)
The name Colquhoun comes from the Gaelic place name "cuil cumhann" meaning "narrow corner". The location of Colquhoun (pronounced "ca-hoon" with the accent on the second syllable) is on the western shores of Loch Lomond. Umfridus de Kilpatrick was granted the lands of Colquhoun, Dumbartonshire in 1241, obtained from Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, a grant of the lands and barony of Colquhoun, in the parish of Old or West Kilpatrick The family took the name of the place.

The Earl of Loudoun’s Regiment of Foot
We meet at "musters" which can vary in size from small "living histories" and small drill displays up to full blown "majors", battles which can easily involve over a thousand active Participants. All arms of military life are employed in the society; regiments of infantry armed with pike and musket, squadrons of horse (cavalry) and batteries of ordnance (cannon).  In addition to the re-enactment of combat we also, as part of our displays, run a military encampment where we demonstrate military life before and after the battles. Here you can take on a variety of roles some challenging others not so, you may wish to take up a trade or simply be an off duty soldier.

The Norfolke Trayned Bandes (NTB) (broken link)
Norfolke Trayned Bandes are proud to be a regiment of the Roundhead Association in the English Civil War Society.