Everything about The Incident Conspiracy totally explained
The Incident was a
Royalist plot to kidnap a group of
Scottish nobles. The Incident took place in
1641 during the
Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and the plot's targets were all prominent members of the
Presbyterian Covenanter faction who opposed
Charles I's attempts to control the
Scottish Church. Charles I, King of England and of Scotland, had been forced to agree a truce with the Covenanters, to conclude the
Bishop's Wars of 1638-1640. In August 1641 he ratified the
Treaty of London, and travelled to
Edinburgh to finalise negotiations with the
Scottish Parliament. Charles hoped to make common cause with the
Earl of Argyll, the effective leader of the Presbyterian Covenanters, against the English
Long Parliament, and created him
Marquis of Argyll.
The plot was directed against the Marquis of Argyll, the
Marquis of Hamilton, and his brother the
Earl of Lanark. It was hatched by the Royalist, and rival of Argyll, the
Earl of Montrose, who had already attempted to have Argyll charged with
high treason. The three were to be kidnapped and taken on board a ship at
Leith, Argyll, Hamilton and Lanark were forced to flee from Edinburgh to Hamilton's property at
Kinneil House, near
Bo'ness.
The next day, Charles denied any involvement in the plot, and was soon forced to allow an investigation into the matter.
Charles was left with no option but to submit to the Covenanter's demands. He assented to the abolition of
Episcopacy in Scotland, and appointed Covenanting nobles to the
Privy Council of Scotland and other positions, before returning to England in November to face the increasing threat of civil war.
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