Engagers

The Engagers
A Covenanter's helmet from the period in the Museum of Edinburgh
Founded	December 1647
Dissolved	1651
Split from	Covenanters
Religion	Presbyterianism (Church of Scotland)
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The Engagers were a faction of the Scottish Covenanters, who made "The Engagement" with King Charles I in December 1647 while he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle by the English Parliamentarians after his defeat in the First Civil War.