Uniform: Is of the 1642-43 issue, as follows.
Green wool soldier's coat lined in a (lighter weight) yellow wool, and a Monmouth cap (in two styles depending on the soldier type; skullcap style for pikemen and 'blue-bell' with brim style for musketeers). Buttons for the coat and breeches (see below) are made of the same wool cloth covered over bits of leather. Linen shirt, white wool stockings, plus proper style shoes were also issued. In addition soldiers (and NCO's - Sgts. and Cpls.) were issued with a soldier's style sword, leather baldric and scabbard for their sword, and a leather snapsack for belongings (wool blanket, eat ware & personal items, see below).

Non-issued items worn would be "sadd" or common colored Dutch-slop style wool breeches (color choice by soldier, as long as it is a muted dye; buttons as on coat), wood or ceramic eating ware, common colored wool blanket, and personal items (clay pipe, common cards, dice, etc.). Optional items being oversocks (either white or off-white, or gray 'rowling' wool, or heavy white linen boothose types), often worn while on 'campaign', seemingly for warmth, protection, and/or to make issued shoes fit! Optional are vegetable tanned brown or buff leather gauntlets, but required for fencing skirmish.

Armor:
Armor is optional for pikemen (soldier's choice), but would be a English pikepot and Corslet (breast/back/tassets, no gorget), all blackened as per contemporary documentation.

A leather jerkin (inferior buff-coat) is only to be worn for fencing skirmishing as safety protection by any soldier in lieu of a fencing jacket hidden under one's uniform.

Weapons:
Pikemen – Ash pikes with steel head/point and cheek pieces.

Musketeers – Matchlock musket (with octagonal-to-round full-size barrel) with rest, vegetable-tanned brown bandolier of wodden powder charges, with either a small triangular leather-covered wooden priming flask or extra large wood priming bottle (charger), plus a leather covered oil bottle.

Sergeant – Clothing was exactly as for soldiers, which is very apparent from the warrants, plus a silk (100%) tawny-orange sash (no fringe), steel halberd with red fringe 6-inch long, pikemen's style helmet (possibly decorated with brass studs), and either pikemen's full corselet of armor, or officer's style gorget (bigger, possibly with brass studs).

Lieutenant – Type of clothing at officers' discretion, plus silk (100%) tawny- orange sash (possibly with fringe), steel partisan with red 6" fringe, and a steel officer's style gorget with brass studs. Note: Officers usually wore proper buff coats and possibly additional armor at their discretion.

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