Northern Horse

[AWZC]

Any chance that these will be in a future patch? They would give the Royalists some much needed cavalry power to counter ironsides and the like...

Taken from http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/langdale.htm

we get this;

After Marston Moor, Langdale took command of Newcastle's veteran cavalry regiments, which became known as the Northern Horse. They were always conscious of being an élite force, but were often volatile and difficult to control.

[AlphaDelta]

The Royalists already have a recruitable lifeguard unit.

Cheers

[AWZC]

I was under the impression (I could be wrong, I studied the politics rather than the militay side of the civil wars) that the Northern Horse were an elite even within the lifeguard.

[AlphaDelta]

If you have some reenactment photos, or drawings of such a unit I would be happy to see it.

Cheers

[AWZC]

I'll have a look

[AWZC]

No pics yet, but plenty of quotes;

Known as the "Northern Horse", these die-hards were largely impoverished sons of gentry, and they became known for touchiness and lack of discipline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Langdale
After Marston Moor, Langdale took command of Newcastle's old cavalry regiments, which became known as the Northern Horse. Composed of gentry and the sons of gentry, the Northern Horse were always conscious of being an élite force - but they were often difficult to control.
http://www.holmeonspaldingmoor.co.uk/Civil%20War.htm
In the civil war King Charles' most elite core of cavaliers was the Kings Northern Horse. They were mostly northern nobles. They rode the finest horses in Britain, carried the finest decorations, were trained to the highest standards of any. The mere sight of them coming on to the field was known to cause the parliament forces to scatter and run. The commander of the Kings Northern Horse was Sir Marmaduke Langdale of Holme-Upon-Spalding-Moor. And many of the Holme clan of Westmorland and York rode with him.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/holmes/messages/1574.html
Sir Marmaduke Langdale of Holme-Upon-Spalding-Moor who was the commander of the King's Northern Horse, Charles I's most elite regiment of cavaliers.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/langdale/messages/25.html
When Goring marched to join Rupert in Lancashire, he picked up a contingent from Derbyshire en route. The "Northern Horse" already had a reputation for hard fighting but poor discipline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston...rder_of_battle
The siege of Pontefract brought about one of the most remarkable exploits of the whole war, Langdales Relief March. The Northern Horse, with permission to return to their home ground being granted by the king, left the Oxford area in late February 1645. Across England, parliamentarian commanders were puzzled and perplexed by the brigades purpose and its speed. Leaving Banbury on 23rd February, Langdale routed enemy cavalry at Daventry, and on the 25th broke a superior enemy force at Melton Mowbray. On the 26th, reinforced from Newark, the Northern Horse pushed on, and on the 1st March came in sight of Pontefract. Langdale charged, scattered the enemy, and took hundreds of prisoners.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m...um=8&ct=result

[Destraex]

The impression I am starting to get about the northern horse is that it was a general name for a large body of horsemen that in some cases almost made up an entire wing of the army.
I started posting what I am finding in the other thread.
I doubt if they looked any different to other cavalry regiments of the war. Perhaps they had a little better equipment, but i doubt they had uniforms or anything special.....
Is it worth the trouble of putting them in the game as anything other than a regiment that can be recruited from a town?

[Dux Eboracum]

The 'Northern Horse' were a jumble of small troops and remnants of regiments which were recruited in Yorkshire, and all Royalist parts north of there. It's really a catch-all name for any cavalry raised under Newcastle's command and after the defeat at Marston Moor they began their peripetatic moves around the country.

In the regard that they were the survivors of a couple of campaigns and any who lasted that long were lucky or veterans I could see where they might warrant some special treatment, but I think that the game takes care of that with experience, etc. I did think that they might have a bit of uniform variation which could warrant a new skin just for the Northern Horse but couldn't find any concrete proof, so AD thought it wasn't worth including.