Ultimately, the part of the Covenanters extended far beyond this initial purpose and the so-called Highland Host saved the day for Cromwell at the deciding Battle of Marston Moor in West Yorkshire. Their opponents in Scotland were called Covenanters whose primary purpose was to secure freedom of worship. By being supporters of the Kings Charles they were opposed to Oliver Cromwell and his Parliamentarians. Most of these clans were either just North of the Highland Line or Lowland. Some Royalist Clans during the Civil War 1644. Interesting Highland Surnames from the Raggle-Taggle Army
Cromwell’s final attack early on Septemfinished with up to four thousand Scots lying dead and ten thousand more captured, with minimal casualties on Cromwell’s side. While all the Scottish army had in mind was to avoid conquest of Scotland by England, King Charles hoped to regain the English crown and so he pushed the Royalist Scots south across the border towards London.Ĭromwell pursued the Scottish rabble and outnumbered it, exhausted and running out of supplies as they were, just outside the the city of Worcester. Many Highlanders were pressed into service by their clan chiefs as part of a ragtag royalist army formed to defend Scotland and the newly-crowned King Charles II against Oliver Cromwell. Scots Slaves in Seventeen Century Masachusetts
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