The Third Troop,—a rose and pomegranate impaled, leaves and stalk vert: a badge of Henry VII.
The Fourth Troop,—a phœnix in flames, proper: a badge of Queen Elizabeth's.[18]
The following officers were at this period holding commissions in the regiment:—
| Troops. | Captains. | Lieutenants. | Cornets. |
| Colonel's. | Lord Churchill | Thos. Hussey | Wm. Hussey |
| Lieut.-Col.'s | Visc. Cornbury | Charles Ward | Piercy Roche |
| 1st Troop. | Alex. Mackenzie | H. Wyndham[19] | John Cole |
| 2nd " | Chas. Nedby | John Williams | George Clifford |
| 3rd " | John Coy | Charles La Rue | Wm. Stamford |
| 4th " | Thos. Langston | F. Langston[20] | Thos. Pownel |
| Hugh Sutherland | Major | ||
| Thomas Crawley | Adjutant | ||
| Henry Hawker | Quarter-Master & Marshal | ||
| Theobald Churchill | Chaplain | ||
| Peregrine Yewel | Chirurgeon | ||
The Royal Regiment of Dragoons being constituted, generally, of men of military experience and approved valour, appears to have advanced, at once, into royal favour; and as soon as it was regularly organized, it marched into quarters in the borough of Southwark. On the 1st of October it was reviewed, with several other corps, by King Charles II., accompanied by the Queen, the Duke of York, and many distinguished personages, on Putney Heath; and on the 13th of that month marched into quarters at Newbury, Abingdon, and Hungerford. Shortly afterwards the following order was issued relative to the regiment:—
'Charles R.
'For the preventing of all disputes that might arise concerning the rank of Our Royal Regiment of Dragoons, or of any other regiment of Dragoons that shall be employed in Our service, We have thought fit hereby to declare Our pleasure,
'That Our Royal Regiment of Dragoons, and all other regiments of Dragoons which may be employed in Our service, shall have precedency both as Horse and Foot, as well in garrison as in the field, and in all councils of war and other military occasions; and the Colonels and Officers of the said regiments of Dragoons shall command as officers of Horse and Foot, according to the nature of the place where they shall be: that is to say, that in the Field the said regiments shall take place as regiments of Horse, and the officers shall command and do duty as officers of Horse, according to the dates of their commissions; and that in Garrison they shall command as Foot officers, and their regiment take place amongst the Foot according to their respective seniorities from the time they were raised.
'Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 30th day of October, in the thirty-sixth year of Our reign (1684).
'By His Majesty's Command,
'Sunderland.'