Siege of Inverness (1649)
Siege of Inverness (1649) | |||||||
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Part of Wars of the Three Kingdoms (Scottish Civil War) | |||||||
Inverness Castle in modern times. Some of the old curtain wall can be seen in the foreground, while the castle building itself was rebuilt in 1836 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royalists | Covenanters | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Col. Hugh Fraser Sir Thomas Urquhart |
Lord Newark | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
The siege of Inverness took place in 1649 as part of the 17th-century Scottish Civil War that was, in turn, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
On 5 February 1649, Charles II had been proclaimed king after his father's execution. It was decided that Charles and his allies who were in exile should again try to recover the kingdom, in connection with the plans of the exiled
On 22 February they entered
According to R.W Munro who was the Clan Munro Association's historian, Leslie's diplomatic approach did not have any difficulty in detaching the Munros and Rosses from the Mackenzies, and their involvement in the rising of 1649 was most likely from a defensive point of view because it was rumoured that Parliament was gong to arrest their leaders and not because of support for Montrose. The Munros and the Rosses then fully
According to Alfred John Lawrence, the Presbytery acting as the court against breaches of the Covenant Oath took up the cases of Alexander and John Bane of Knockbain, Alexander Bane of Tulloch, Captain Bane of Brahan and Alexander Bane of Tarradale, who had confessed that they had followed Lord Reay and Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscarden in support of King Charles when they helped to capture Inverness and demolish the town's walls. It was accepted that they had been coerced or misled and they were dismissed on giving oath not take up arms again against Parliament.[3]
References
- ^ a b Mackenzie, Alexander (1896). History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy. Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie. pp. 186-187.
- ^ Munro, R.W, ed. (1955). "The Munro Levies at Carbisdale". Clan Munro Magazine (5). Clan Munro Association: 33–37.
- ^ Lawrence, Alfred John (1963). The Clan Bain With Its Ancestral And Related Scottish Clans. Inverness: Highland Printers Limited. p. 65. Retrieved 30 July 2023.