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Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612-1671) was an English soldier from Yorkshire who led Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the Civil War against King Charles I. Because of his dark visage, he was known as "Black Tom" to his loyal troops.
Sir Robert Pye's Regiment Army of the Earl of Essex Originally intended for Nathaniel Rich, whose nomination was the only colonelcy rejected by the Commons, though he later received a commission when Algernon Sydney declined his nomination. Pye replaced by Matthew Tomlinson in 1647. Horse Thomas Sheffield's Regiment Army of the Earl of Essex
(6000 Horse, 1,000 Dragoons, 7,000 Foot, 11 guns) . Lord General Sir Thomas Fairfax Left Flank Colonel John Okey's Regiment of Dragoons Left Wing (Commissary General Henry Ireton)
The Battle of Naseby took place on 14 June 1645 during the First English Civil War, near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire.The Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, destroyed the main Royalist army under Charles I and Prince Rupert.
Fairfax graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1675 and served in the Yorkshire Militia under the Earl of Danby. After the Glorious Revolution in 1688, he was appointed Lt-Colonel of Lord Castleton's Regiment of Foot , a new regiment raised to fight in the Nine Years' War .
Colonel Marcus Trevor's Regiment Sir John Urry's Regiment Sir William Vaughan's Regiment (returned from Ireland) (Byron's, Trevor's, Urry's and Vaughan's regiments of horse together totalled 1,100) Lord Molyneux's Regiment Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment (Molyneux's and Tyldesley's regiments were recently raised in Lancashire. Thomas Leveson's ...
To prevent Sir Thomas rejoining Lord Fairfax in Hull, Belasyse occupied the town of Selby which lay between them. On 11 April, Sir Thomas Fairfax's force, reinforced by infantry under Sir John Meldrum, stormed Selby, capturing Belasyse and most of his force. [11] Hearing the news, Newcastle realised that the city of York was in danger.
On 14 June, the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax won a decisive victory over Prince Rupert at Naseby. This left Lord Goring's Western Army as the last significant Royalist field force. [2] On 9 July, Fairfax forced Goring to end the blockade of Taunton, and destroyed the Western Army at Langport the next day. [3]