A Rabble of Gentility'

A Rabble of Gentility' The Royalist Northern Horse, 1644-45 Author:John Barratt Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:7" x 9.75" Pages:120 Photos:8pp color ills, c 30 b/w ills., maps Publisher:Helion and Company ISBN:9781911512981 Item No. 9781911512981 General George Monck once described the Royalist horse as “a rabble of gentility”. Modern research has largely dispelled this image of the King's cavalry. However the description seems at first sight appropriate to the body of cavalry known as the “Northern Horse”. Formed from those elements of the Marquis of Newcastle's Northern Royalist Army which elected to continue to fight after the crushing defeat at Marston Moor (2 July 1644) during the next 15 months the Northern Horse swept across much of England and Wales , becoming increasingly notorious in the process. United and reorganized by their commander, the formidable Sir Marmaduke Langdale, the Northe