Plain (suede) desert boots: - no designer labels, not hiking boots.
Over the knee woollen sea boot socks.
All other kit that you require for the weekend in the form of soldiers coats, shirts, britches etc will be loaned by members of the regiment.
2. At End of First Season
Yellow Soldiers coat - made by the regimental seamstress.
Britches - either made by the regiment seamstress, from traders or self made.
Shirt - either made by the regiment seamstress, from traders or self made.
Hose - from traders.
Hat - from traders.
Gauntlets/gloves - from traders.
For all your purchases from traders always ask other members of the regiment for recommendations and if in doubt ask somebody to accompany you. If making your own kit use approved cloth and period patterns available from traders.
3. Second Season
Authentic shoes - from traders.
Pikemen
Morion (helmet).
Armour (personal preference not a necessity).
Musketeer
Bandoliers.
Musket.
4. Optional for All Arms
Sword - Should be as plain as possible. Basket handled swords are officers weapons.
Authentic tent - See Victor James in the regiment.
Authentic eating utensils - from traders.
For all kit purchases if unsure do not buy it without asking advice of other members of the regiment. It is best for your first few trips to traders to ask an experienced member of the regiment to accompany you.
Book List
If you wish to undertake some background reading, here is a brief list of books members of the regiment have suggested:
Love Loyalty (The perilous close and siege of Basing House) - Wilf Emberton
British Battlefields - Ken & Denise Guest
Cromwell's Soldiers - Barry Denton
The English Civil War - R Potter & G Embleton
The English Civil War - R Potter & G Embleton
Charles 1 - Christopher Hibbert
The English Civil War Day by Day - Wilf Emberton
The Civil War, 1642 - 51. This is a Pitkin Guide by Michael St John Parker
A Battlefield Atlas of the English Civil War - Anthony Baker
Oliver Cromwell, King in all but name - Roy Sherwood
The English Civil War 1642 - 51, An Illustrated Military History - Philip Haythornthwaite
Civil War - Taylor Downing & Maggie Millman
The English Civil War by Peter Young and Richard
The English Civil War - A Peoples History by Diane Purkiss
Brassey`s History of Uniforms - The English Civil War by Philipp J C Elliot Wright
English Civil Wars Archaeology - Peter Harrington
The English Civil War - Recreated in Colour Photos - Chris Honeywell & Gill Spear