Engager Army led by Lord Hamilton crosses the English border

Historical Context Note

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.3: Scottish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), J. Derrick McClure (University of Aberdeen), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Domains

Invasion, conquest and annexation

Dates

Date of occurrence 1648-07-08

Places

Scotland (Location)
England (Involved)

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Although King Charles I had been defeated in the First English Civil War largely as a result of the successful alliance between the English Parliamentarians and the Scottish Covenanters, in the aftermath of Charles's capture, the English and Scottish parts of this alliance disagreed about how to move forward. In December 1647, the imprisoned King Charles I signed an alliance, known as the 'Engagement', with the Presbyterian Scottish Covenanters, who feared the influence in Parliament of the 'Independents', or religious separatists. James, Duke of Hamilton, recruited an army composed of some stalwart Royalists, and some Covenanters, although the uneasy combination of loyalties behind this invasion prevented him being able to recruit anything like the numbers he had projected. This…

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