Engagement of 1647

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The Engagement of 1647 was a secret agreement between Charles I and Scottish commissioners during the English Civil War, in which the king promised religious concessions in exchange for Scottish military support against the English Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the English Civil War ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
secret treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Engagement ⓘ
category 17th-century treaties ⓘ
Anglo-Scottish relations ⓘ
English Civil War diplomacy ⓘ
chronologyFollows First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
chronologyPrecedes Second English Civil War ⓘ
conflictContext English Civil War ⓘ
consequence contributed to the trial and execution of Charles I ⓘ
increased mistrust of Charles I by English Parliamentarians ⓘ
strengthening of the English New Model Army’s political role ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
date 1647 ⓘ
hasCause conflict between Charles I and the English Parliament ⓘ
religious disputes in the British Isles ⓘ
historicalPeriod Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalStatus secret and unofficial agreement ⓘ
negotiatedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
Scottish commissioners ⓘ
obligationOf Scotland to invade England on behalf of Charles I ⓘ
Scotland to raise an army for Charles I ⓘ
opposedBy English Independents ⓘ
English Parliament ⓘ
radical Covenanters in Scotland ⓘ
participant Charles I of England ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
Scottish commissioners ⓘ
partOf Second English Civil War ⓘ
place Carisbrooke Castle ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ
promiseContent establishment of a Presbyterian church settlement ⓘ
introduction of Presbyterianism in England for three years ⓘ
support for the Covenant in Scotland ⓘ
suppression of sectaries and Independents ⓘ
promiseMadeBy Charles I of England ⓘ
purpose to oppose the English Parliament ⓘ
to secure Scottish military support for Charles I ⓘ
relatedDocument Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
relatedTo Covenanter movement ⓘ
Presbyterianism in England ⓘ
result Scottish invasion of England in 1648 ⓘ
outbreak of the Second English Civil War ⓘ

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Solemn League and Covenant → followedBy → Engagement of 1647 ⓘ
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton → participatedIn → Engager invasion of England (1648) ⓘ
linked to: Engagement of 1647
English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651) → follows → Engagement of 1647–1648 ⓘ
linked to: Engagement of 1647
Treaty of Breda (1650) → follows → Engagement of 1647 ⓘ