After having been twice reviewed by King James II. on Hounslow Heath, the regiment marched into quarters in Warwickshire, where it passed several months.
The King, having acquired some practical knowledge of military service in the civil war in France, and in the Netherlands, under Marshals Turenne and the Prince of Condé, established several useful regulations for the preservation of order and discipline in his army; two experienced officers, Sir John Lanier and Sir John Fenwick, were appointed Inspecting Generals of Cavalry; and the first half-yearly inspection of this regiment was made by Brigadier-General Sir John Fenwick, of the Life Guards, in its quarters in Warwickshire.
1686
While in these quarters, its establishment was fixed, by a royal warrant dated the 1st of January, 1686, at the following numbers:—
| THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY'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 | |
| Chaplaine | 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 |
| Lievtenant 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. 3s. 4d. | ||||
The following officers were at this period holding commissions in the regiment:—
| Troop. | Captains. | Lieutenants. | Cornets. |
| 1st. | Earl of Shrewsbury (Col.) | John Grosvenor | George Kellum. |
| 2d. | John Coy, (Lieut.-Col.) | James Bringfield | Hon. W. Brudenel. |
| 3d. | Sir Thomas Grosvenor | Henry Grosvenor | James Williamson. |
| 4th. | Roger Pope | Thomas Griffiths | Guy Forster. |
| 5th. | Francis Spalding | Thomas Doughty | William Rowley. |
| 6th. | Charles Orme | Thomas Manning | Ralph Pope. |
| John Skelton | Major. | ||
| Samuel Bowles | Chaplain. | ||
| James Arden | Surgeon. | ||
| George Briscoe | Adjutant. | ||
The Earl of Shrewsbury's Cuirassiers were withdrawn from their country quarters in the summer of this year, and were encamped with other forces on Hounslow Heath; where they were practised in military evolutions, under the direction of Lieutenant-Generals the Earls of Craven, Feversham, and Dumbarton; and were several times reviewed by King James II.: in August they struck their tents and marched to Buckingham and Wendover.