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Clerics Behaving Badly: Ecclesiastical Commitment in the Jacobite Rising of 1745–6

This chapter examines empirical evidence of martial and logistical assistance implemented by a select quantity of ministers involved in the Forty-five, and whether their practical commitment was indeed as energetic as their ideological enthusiasm. It assesses just how demonstrably impactful were the zealous ministers who spoke in favour of Jacobite aims immediately within the rising itself. It argues that Jacobite clergy in the Forty-five were collectively a moderate, if not overtly effective, grounding element that helped to convey the ideologies of pro-Stuart schemes. They also aided intermittently the martial effort in the field supplemented logistical aims in the localities. Due to the cross-denominational nature of their constituency and the fact that both Roman Catholic and non-juring Episcopal congregations were essentially illegal in the government’s eyes, Jacobite commanders were never able to employ the systemic communication and cohesive mission-plan wielded by Church of Scotland ministers in combating pockets of rebellion on the other side of the conflict.