Title:
Regimental cash book Vol 3.
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
BARRINGTON FAMILY OF HATFIELD BROAD OAK
Level: Sub-Fonds
MISCELLANEOUS
Level: Series
Regimental accounts for 11th Dragoons and Household Accounts of Farington and Gardner families
Scope and Content:
Regimental cash book of 11th Dragoons kept by Capt Lieut Gardner for subsistence for the men and other expenses. The accounts list payments made for commissions of officers, subsistence of troops, payments to a shoemaker for officers' boots and other payments for uniforms, payments for arms and equipment, payments for horse feed and care, use of fields and riding facilities for exercise, accounts for moving the Regimental baggage and expenses at Warrington, Preston, Rotherham, Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster, Hull, Maidstone, Gravesend, Barrowbridge, Litchfield to Scotland ; expenses in connection with some Highland deserters, 1743; expenses connected woth a deserter at Whitney Jail, 1744; expenses for the troop detachment with the rebel prisoners from Carlisle to York and Pontefract, January 1745/6; and other small expenses for the men e.g. linen, medicines, funeral expenses, money to family etc.
Loose at front, accounts for Messrs Wrathers and Farington, 1749-1751.
Figure in the unlabelled column next to the financial sum indicates the folio in the Regimental Ledger (D/DBa Z20/5) where the transaction is recorded under the name of the officer.
Dates of Creation:
1735-1745
Extent:
1 volume
Admin History:
The Regiment was raised by Sir Philip Honywood on 22 July 1715, in response to the Jacobite threat. It was a cavalry regiment, recruited from Essex and based at Colchester and fought in the Battle of Preston in September 1715. It had about 207 men in peacetime, rising to 552 in 1727 when war threatened. General Lord Mark Kerr became Colonel of the regiment. It fought in the Jacobite rebellion at the Battles of Clifton Muir, 1745 and Culloden, 1746. The regiment subsequently became the 11th Light Dragoons (1783-1840), 11th Hussars (1840-1969), Royal Hussars (1969-1992) and King's Royal Hussars (1992 onwards).

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Personal Names William
Gardner 		joined Regiment as Cornet, promoted to Captain, Captain Lieutenant, Major and Lieutenant Colonel, married Elizabeth Farington daughter of Valentine Farington of Preston and had at least two sons Valentine Gardner an officer in the 16th Foot
Personal Names William
Gardner 		joined Regiment as Cornet, promoted to Captain, Captain Lieutenant, Major and Lieutenant Colonel, married Elizabeth Farington daughter of Valentine Farington of Preston and had at least two sons Valentine Gardner an officer in the 16th Foot
Document Types Cash book 11th Dragoons, Regimental cash book 1735-1746
Institutions 11th Dragoons Regimental cash book 1735-1746