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Boscobel House, Shropshire. At White Ladies, the King was met by George Pendrell. He contacted his brother Richard who farmed at Hobbal Grange, near Tong.Together, they disguised the King as a farm labourer, "in leather doublet, a pair of green breeches and a jump-coat ... of the same green, ... an old grey greasy hat without a lining [and] a noggen shirt, of the coarsest linen"; [9] and ...
During the disturbances produced by Titus Oates's pretended revelations of the 'Popish Plot', the House of Lords voted on 7 December 1678 that Huddleston, Thomas Whitgrave, the brothers Penderell, and others involved in Charles II's escape should "for their said service live as freely as any of the King's Protestant subjects, without being ...
Two years after the execution of his father (Charles I) 21-year-old Charles II and his men fail miserably to free his kingdom from the tyrannical rule of Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester. The King would rather die trying to restore the monarchy than sit by and watch the power of the English Commonwealth grow under its corrupt leaders.
King Charles the 2 d in Disguise rideing before M rs Lane by which he made his Escape; the Lord Wilmot at a distance." from Clarendon's History of the Rebellion (1731 reprint) Following defeat at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, Charles II escaped and headed north into Shropshire and Staffordshire with several companions including ...
Boscobel House. Boscobel House (grid reference) is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. [1] It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
The escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester. London: Hodder and Stoughton. online review: Horspool, David (7 September 2002). "A King amongst his people:The newly republished Escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester by Richard Ollard is a vivid description of a scarcely credible story". The Guardian. Thomas, Roy Digby (2001).
Escape of Charles II; D. Dalai Lama's escape from China; E. East Germany balloon escape; F. Frederick escape; I. Invasion of Iraq prisoner escapes; L. 1775 Liverpool ...
Colonel William Careless (surname variants include Carelesse, Carless, Carles and Carlis) [1] was a Royalist officer of the English Civil War.It has been estimated in various written sources that he was born c. 1620, however, it is more likely that he was born c. 1610. [2]