Each man was dressed according to his fancy.
Almost all wore jack-boots coming nigh to the hip, iron breast and back pieces, and steel caps.

Sir Henry Furness and four gentlemen, his friends, who had seen service in the Low Countries, and had now gladly joined his band, took their places, Sir Henry himself at the head of the body, and two officers with each troop.

They, too, were clad in high boots, with steel breast and back pieces, thick buff leather gloves, and the wide felt hats with feathers which were worn in peace time.

During the war some of the Royalist officers wore iron caps as did their foes.
But the majority, in a spirit of defiance and contempt of their enemies, wore the wide hat of the times, which, picturesque and graceful as it was, afforded but a poor defense for the head.

Almost all wore their hair long and in ringlets, and across their shoulders were the white scarfs typical of their loyalty to the king.