Phase 3d - The Army Mustered on Hounslow Heath, June 1686

This listing is based on a printed broadsheet outlining the muster at Royal Encampment on Hounslow Heath

Note the variation of the 'red' indicated in the sketches below - a brighter shade of red was becoming the norm as the cloth dyed with cochineal superceded that produced using Venetian Red or madder - the Guards presumably were the first to receive the new colour


The Infantry


The 1st. Battalion of Foot Guards

The King's 3rd. Battalion of Foot Guards

The Earl of Craven's 1st. Battalion, 2nd. Foot Guards

1st Battalion of Scotch Guards

This regiment was formed on the Scottish establishment



Facings - Stuart blue    Stockings - blue

Prince George of Denmark's Regiment (or the Holland Regiment)



Facings - yellow    Breeches - yellow    Stockings grey

Colonel Oglethorp's Regiment

At this time, Oglethorp commanded the Holland Regiment - in the report of the muster, the facing colour was indicated as 'ash' (a buff rather than pure yellow colour?) - it became The Third Regiment of Foot



Facings - 'ash'    Breeches - yellow?   Stockings - grey

The Earl of Huntington's Regiment

The Earl of Litchfield's Regiment

The Marquess of Worcester's Regiment

The Earl of Bath's Regiment

Colonel Kirk's Regiment

The Earl of Dunbarton's Regiment

This was an 'old' regiment, raised in Scotland at the time of Charles II, but it spent most of its time 'sold' to France, though it was brought back for short periods, including the garrisoning of Tangier - it was taken into the line by James II, eventually becoming the 1st of Foot (later, the 'Royal Scots') - the Earl of Dunbarton was Catholic, and a trusted advisdor to James II - he left with James when he abdicated



Facings - white
Stockings - grey

Phase 3e -The Military establishment raised by James II against William, 1688