In these quarters the regiment passed the succeeding winter; and on the 1st of January, 1686, its establishment was fixed by a warrant under the sign manual, from which the following is an extract:--
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE EARL OF ARRAN'S REGIMENT OF HORSE. | +-----------------------------------------------------+--------------+ | FIELD AND STAFF-OFFICERS. | Per Diem. | +-----------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+ | | £. |_s._|_d._| | The Colonel, _as Colonel_ | 0 | 12 | 0 | | Lieutenant-Colonel, _as Lieut.-Colonel_ | 0 | 8 | 0 | | The Major (_who has no troop_), for himself, } | | | | | horses, and servants } | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Adjutant | 0 | 5 | 0 | | Chaplain | 0 | 6 | 8 | | Chirurgeon iv^s per day, and j horse to carry his } | | | | | chest, ij^s per day } | 0 | 6 | 0 | | A Kettle-Drummer to the Colonel's troop | 0 | 3 | 0 | | +----+----+----+ | | 3 | 0 | 8 | | +----+----+----+ | THE COLONEL'S TROOP. | | | | | The Colonel, _as Captaine_, x^s per day, and ij } | | | | | horses, each at ij^s per day } | 0 | 14 | 0 | | Lieutenant vi^s, and ij horses, each at ij^s | 0 | 10 | 0 | | Cornett v^s, and ij horses, each at ij^s | 0 | 9 | 0 | | Quarter-Master iv^s, and i horse, at ij^s | 0 | 6 | 0 | | Three Corporals, each at iij^s per day | 0 | 9 | 0 | | Two Trumpeters, each at ij^s viii^d | 0 | 5 | 4 | | Forty Private Soldiers, each at ij^s vi^d per day | 5 | 0 | 0 | | +----+----+----+ | | 7 | 13 | 4 | | FIVE TROOPS MORE, of the same numbers, and at the } | | | | | same rates of pay as the Colonel's troop } | 38 | 6 | 8 | | +----+----+----+ | TOTAL FOR THIS REGIMENT PER DIEM | 49 | 0 | 8 | | +----+----+----+ | PER ANNUM £17|,897| 3 | 4 | +-----------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+
At this period the following officers were holding commissions in the regiment:--
_Troop._ _Captains._ _Lieutenants._ _Cornets._ 1st Earl of Arran (Col.) Thos. Daliell Ch. Carterret 2nd Ch. Nedby (Lt.-Col.) Thos. Bagshaw Thos. Webster 3rd Wm. Baggott Rd. Fetherstonhalgh Mark Strother 4th Jno. Fetherstonhalgh Thos. Brackston Philip Lawson 5th Thos. Harrington Wm. Hall Jos. Ascough 6th Wm. Ogle Ar. Hepburn Surtes Swinburn