BattlefieldsSanquhar Declaration confrontation 1680
English Civil War

Sanquhar Declaration confrontation 1680

1680
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Also known as: Cameronian declaration at Sanquhar 1680 · Richard Cameron Sanquhar 1680
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
VS
Victor
Cameronian Covenanters (symbolic victory)
Outcome
Richard Cameron and his followers rode to Sanquhar, affixed their declaration renouncing allegiance to Charles II to the market cross, and rode away before government forces could intercept them
The Battle

History & Significance

The Sanquhar Declaration of June 1680 was the most extreme act of Covenanting defiance. Richard Cameron and twenty-two armed followers rode into Sanquhar and read a declaration that renounced allegiance to Charles II as a tyrant and declared war on his government. Government forces were dispatched to capture them but could not prevent the act. Six weeks later Cameron was killed at Ayrsmoss. The declaration became a sacred text of the Cameronian movement.

Forces Involved

Cameron and c.22 armed followers; government forces unable to intercept in time

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