Avon, River 220
Bagshall, Mr 226
Bampfield, Joseph 34–7
Barbourne Bridge, Worcestershire 101–2, 103
Barillon, Jean-Paul de 272, 273
Barkstead, Colonel John 72, 94, 186
Basing House, Hampshire 96
Bath 24
Bath and Wells, Thomas Ken, Bishop of 272
Batten, Vice-Admiral William 9, 25
Baxter, Richard 71
Beauvais 55
Bentley Hall, Worcestershire 134, 135, 144, 146, 147, 164–5, 166
Bento de Lemoz, Father 273–4
Berwick 65
Bishops’ War (1639 & 1640) 48, 117
Blague, Henrietta Maria 110
Blague, Colonel Thomas 109–10, 241–2
Blake, General Robert 69, 172
Blore Pipe House, Eccleshall (Staffordshire) 242
Blount, Thomas, Boscobel xix
Boarhunt 226
Bohemia, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of 32
Bolton 75, 76, 182
Boscobel House, Shropshire 81, 104, 105, 107, 136–8, 143–8, 241, 255
Boscobel oak 138–9, 255–6
Bourne (now Westbourne) 213
Bradshaw, John 40, 42, 68
Bramber 226
Breda 55
Breeding (now Upper Breeding) 226
Brewood 105
Brewood Forest 81
Brewood Forge 120
Bridges, James 79
Bridgwater 6–7, 85
Bridgwater Castle, Somerset 171
Bridlington Bay 25
Bridport 198 and note, 201; George inn 199, 201
Brighton 215–16, 226; Ould George inn 227 and note, 228–9
Brinsford 120
Bristol 4, 5, 6, 7, 24, 85, 170, 190
Broad Windsor, George inn at 200
Broad-Halfpenny Down 223
Broadgate, Leicestershire 241
Broadways, Captain 139–40
Broom Hall, Brewood 137
Broughton, Major 169
Brown, Anthony 217
Bruges 70, 252
Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of 106, 110, 218
Burford 41
Burgess, Elizabeth 137
Burgh Moor 58
Byron, John, 1st Baron 55
Campbell, Lady Anne 59
Canterbury, William Sancroft, Archbishop of 272
Carbisdale, battle of (1650) 57
Careless, Major William; arrival at Worcester 80; brave resistance at Worcester 91, 137; emotional reunion with Charles 137; hides out at Tong Heath and Boscobel House 137, 139; suggests Charles hides in the Boscobel oak 138–9; kills a sheep for Charles to eat 142; convinces Charles that staying at Boscobel is unsafe 144–5, 146; bids farewell to Charles at Boscobel 147–8; escapes to France 241, 255; granted a coat of arms and changes his name to ‘Carlos’ 255; death and burial 255
Carlisle 65
Carteret, Sir George 11–13, 198, 206, 264n
Carteret, Marguerite 12
Carver, Richard 230
Castelo Melhor, Luís Vasconcelos, Count of 273
Castle Cary, 173
Castlemaine, Barbara 265
Catherine of Braganza 253, 265, 267, 270, 272–3, 275
Cavalier Parliament (or Pensioner Parliament) 249–50
Cecil, Robert 126–7
Chamberlain, Robert 250
Charles I: gives his son the title of ‘first Captain-General of all our Forces’ 4; adores his wife and children 23; sees his daughter Henrietta in Exeter 26; says his final goodbye to Elizabeth and Henry 29–30; visits his children at Syon House 29; urges James to flee 33; commands his wife to exact revenge and support their son Charles 43–4; collision with Scotland and the Covenanters 47–51; loses control of north of England 66; trial and execution 18, 22, 85, 86, 87, 96–7
Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles II): memories concerning his time on the run xv–xvi, xx–xxi; participates in the Civil War 3–4; taken to Bristol and Bridgwater 4–7; early seductions 6, 12–13; escorted to the Isles of Scilly and then to Jersey 8–13; joins his mother in France 14–16; character and description 15, 18; unsuccessful meeting with ‘Mademoiselle’ 15–16; affair with Lucy Walter 16–19; relationship with his mother 16, 43; birth of his son James 18–19; sends ‘carte blanche’ paper to his father’s captors 21; powerless to help his siblings 29; crowned king of Scotland 31, 51, 62; overjoyed at James’s daring escape 37; expected to sign Scottish National Covenant 52–3; capitulates to Scots’ demands 54–7; betrays Montrose 56–7; humbles himself before Argyll 58–9; fails to escape from Perth 62; leaves Stirling and heads south 63–4; enters England and marches south 65, 69–70; insists on strictest discipline from all his men 71–2; receives very little support from the English 72–7; at the battle of Worcester 79–80, 82, 83–91; hunted down after Worcester 95, 97–8, 140–1, 141–2; escape from Worcester to Whiteladies 101–7; leaves Whiteladies disguised as a woodsman 109–15, 140; given the alias ‘William Jones’ 113; treks across country towards Wales 129–31; chased by angry miller 130–1; takes refuge in Wolfe’s home 131–3; decides to return to Hobbal Grange 133; returns to Boscobel House 136–8; hides in the Boscobel oak 138–9, 145; learns of the price put on his head 140–1, 185; Penderel family loyalty to 140–1; helps to cook and eat a sheep stolen by William Penderel 142; journey to Moseley Hall to meet Wilmot 147–9; bids farewell to the Penderel brothers 148–9; given a change of clothes and footwear by Father Huddleston 151–2, 153–4; meets up with Wilmot at Moseley Hall 151–4; enquires after fate of Buckingham, Cleveland and others 152, 178; shown the priest hole at Moseley Hall 152; suffers from a nosebleed 153 and note; recognises beggars as some of his own soldiers 156–7; hides in priest hole with Huddleston 158; eventful journey to Trent House 164–77; given the alias ‘William Jackson’ 164; falls into conversation with blacksmith 166–7; incident in the kitchen at Long Marston 167–8; reunited with Wilmot at Trent House 174; and failure of Lyme Regis plan 194–7; brief visit to Bridport before returning to Trent House 197; fate speculated upon in the press 206, 207; unaware of directive ordering ports to be on the alert for him 218; stays at Heale House with Katherine Hyde 219–23; spends day at Stonehenge 221–2; accused of being a Roundhead 224–5, 259; pretends to be a Puritan in front of Thomas Symonds 224–5; comments on Herbert Morley’s starched handkerchief 225–6; arrives in Brighton at the Ould George inn 226–30; bids farewell to Gunter and Swan and boards ship at Shoreham 230–1; journeys to France on board the Surprise 231–3; hires a coach and drives to Paris 233; reunited with his mother in Paris 237; varied accounts of his escape to France 238–40; daring escapes of his friends and helpers 240–2; problems with Lucy Walter 246–7; returns to England in triumph 248; rewards his loyal friends after Restoration 249–61; shows no mercy to many following Restoration 261–3; infatuated with Frances Stuart and Barbara Castlemaine 264–5; furious with Clarendon 265; final illness and death 267–75
Charmouth 176, 194, 201; Queen’s Arms inn 195
Chester 183, 185, 186, 188, 190
Chichester 209, 215, 216
Chiffin, Mr 269, 274
Chipping Sodbury 168
Christina, Queen of Sweden 93
Cirencester 168
City Regiments 72
Civil Wars 14, 25, 28, 32, 34, 40, 42, 44, 48, 118, 122, 241; First 13, 50, 61, 66, 68, 73, 78, 107, 209, 225; Second 16, 19, 20, 75, 228; Scottish 49
Clare, Dr 243
Clarendon, Earl of see Hyde, Sir Edward
Clempson, John 119
Cleveland, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of 90
Clydesdale 37
Cobbett, Colonel Ralph 91
Codsall 108
Colepeper, John, 1st Baron 8, 9
Cologne 252
Commonwealth 41, 42, 63, 67, 68, 69, 163, 187, 193, 243, 248
Congleton Moor 183
Coningsby, Juliana 194, 197, 198–9, 219, 221, 222, 258
Constable, Sir William 78
Cosin, Dean John 247–8
Cotton, Frances Giffard 107
Cotton, Rev John 190
Council of State 14, 41, 69, 70, 73, 81, 82, 94, 179, 184, 185, 186, 190, 193, 217, 242
Coven 120, 123
Covenanters 56, 61, 263
Coventry, John 204, 205, 208
Creswell, William 109
Crofts, William 247
Crompton, Colonel Thomas 120
Cromwell, Oliver: shot at by Christabella Wyndham 7, 171; victory at Preston 20; has support of the army 39; looks for conciliation and reform 40; victories in Ireland 52; successfully invades Scotland 59–62; leaves road open to England and Charles 62–3; defeats Charles at Marston Moor 66–7; poor health of 77; at the battle of Worcester 82–91; saves Fanshawe from death 181; fails to save the life of the Earl of Derby 182; asked to march Scottish prisoners to London 186; oversees transportation of Scots prisoners 190; receives public acclamation on reaching London 192–3; accepts title of Lord Protector 193; tasked to consider fit person to write history of the times 243; sends Lucy Walter back to Flanders 247; death of 248
Cropredy Bridge, battle of (1644) 90
Crouch, John 56
Dalkeith, Lady Anne 26, 27
Dalyell, Maj Gen Thomas 90
Danvers, Sir John 28–9
Day, John 252
Deane, Maj Gen Richard 87, 88
Derby, Charlotte, Countess of 74–5
Derby, James Stanley, 7th Earl of: accompanies Charles south from Scotland 74; attempts to whip up support for Charles 75–6; limited military ability 75; rigid religious views 75; defeated at Wigan Lane 81, 82; recommends Boscobel House as place of refuge 104, 136, 142; invites William Penderel to join him and Charles at Whiteladies 108; leaves Charles to join Leslie on his trek to Scotland 110; captured and sent to Chester Castle 181; court martialled and sentenced to death 182
Devizes 4
Diary 189, 238–9
Doon Hill 60
Dorchester 201
Dorset, Mary Curzon, Countess of 29
Dover Castle 17
Downing, George 63, 65, 78
Draper, Captain 73–4
Droitwich 241
Drummond, William, 1st Viscount Strathallan 65
Dublin 52, 243
Dudley Castle 118
Duke of Hamilton’s Horse 65
Dunacerty Castle, Kintyre 66
Dunbar, battle of (1650) 60–1, 62, 67, 77, 86
Dundee 61
Dunkirk 58
Dunster Castle, Somerset 172
Durham 188
Durham, Nathaniel Crew, Bishop of 272
Dyrham Park, Bath 166
East Anglia 189
East India Company 186
Edge, Captain 182
Edgehill, battle of (1642) 3–4, 107n, 118
Edinburgh 51; Mercat Cross 48, 58, 262; Tolbooth prison 57; St Giles 262
Edinburgh Castle 243
Edwards, Anne 107
Elizabeth I 104
Elizabeth, Princess: held captive at St James’s Palace 27, 28, 32; character and description 28; moved to Danvers House, Chelsea 28–9; moved to Syon House, Isleworth 29; says her final goodbye to her father 29–30; held at Penshurst, Kent 30–1; death used for propaganda purposes 31–2; removed to Carisbrooke Castle, IoW 31; encourages James to flee 34
Ellesdon, William 176–7, 195–7, 200, 201–2
Elliot, Elizabeth 250
Ely, Francis Turner, Bishop of 272
Emsworth 214, 252
England’s New Chaines Discovered 40–1
Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of 24, 25
Evelith Mill 130, 136
Evelyn, John 164; on Lucy Walter 17; records celebrations at deliverance of Charles 243; on visiting Jane Lane 256
Exceeding true and joyfull newes from Worchester 118
Fairfax, Sir Thomas 75; invites Wyndham to surrender 7; replaced by Cromwell 59
Fanshawe, Lady Anne 8, 180–1
Fanshawe, Sir Richard 180–1
Fécamp 232, 241
Felixstowe, Suffolk 69
Fife 62
Firth of Forth 62
Fisher, Sir Clement 166, 258
Fleming, Sir William 184
Fontainebleau 14
Fookes, Captain 197
Franco-Spanish War 45
Fronde 45
Garmouth 58
Gentleman Adventurers 189–90
Gerard, Sir Gilbert 248
Gerard, Father John 127–8
Gerrard family 171
Gibson, Major 183
Giffard, Andrew 105
Giffard, Charles 81, 105, 107, 108, 109
Giffard, Gautier 105
Giffard, John 107
Giffard, Captain Thomas 91
Gloucester 78, 82
Goffe, William 86
Gollop, Colonel Thomas 9
Goring, Lord George 6
Graves, Mary 105, 249–50
Great Fire of London (1666) 58
Green, William 220
Grenadier Guards 252
Grenville, Sir Richard 6
Grey, Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby 86, 241
Guernsey, C.I. 10, 11; Castle Cornet 10, 12
Gunpowder Plot (1605) 121, 126
Gunter, Colonel George: tells Pepys his version of Charles’s escape from England xvii; instructed to present himself at Haberdashers’ Hall in London 208–10; ordered not to stray far from home 208; ordered to pay enormous fine for Stuart allegiance 208–10; greets Wilmot at his house 210–11; agrees to try to secure a boat for Charles and Wilmot 211–12, 213–17; informs his wife that their guest is Lord Wilmot 212–13; tells Phillips the news concerning the Surprise 222; arranges for Charles to stay with his cousin Lawrence Hyde 223–5; spends day hare-coursing 223; journey to Brighton 225–8; appalled at Gaius Smith’s outburst of loyalty 229; bids farewell to Charles and Wilmot at Shoreham 230–1; offers further money to Tattersall to make boat ready 230; comment on expectations of reward from Charles 249; comment on Henry Wilmot 251; assists Wilmot in his escape from Emsworth 252; death of 258
Gunter, Katherine: gives servants day off 211; discovers true identity of ‘Mr Barlow’ 212–13; keeps Wilmot’s gold coins safe 214
Gunter, Captain Thomas 214–15, 217, 223, 225, 258
Guyse (tailor) 83
Gwynne, Nell 275
Hacker, Colonel Francis 85–6
The Hague 16, 19, 37, 93
Hall, Henry 199–200
Hambledon 223
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 1st Duke of 71, 178–9
Hamnet (blacksmith) 197–8
Hampton Court Palace 29, 86
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire 84
Harrison, Maj Gen Thomas: religious zealot 63, 87, 145; urges every good man to stop Charles moving south 63–4; given command of rebel army 76; son of a butcher 76; believes Charles is headed for Worcester 78, 80; supports petition against King Charles I 87, 97; put in charge of rounding up defeated enemy after Worcester 95, 97–8, 119, 184–5; character and description 96; transports King Charles to trial in London 96; closes down Anglo-Welsh border 132; has no idea where Charles is 142; reports his success to Parliament 145; continues relentless hunt for Charles 163–4; prevents Scots from returning to Scotland 189; tasked to consider fit person to write history of the times 243; arrested and executed 261–2
Hartlebury 103–4
Harvey, Dr William 4
Hatton, Christopher, 1st Baron 93
Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur 188–9
The Heads of Severall Proceedings in this Present Parliament 42
Heale House, Nether Woodford (Wiltshire) 219, 220, 222
Heane, Colonel James 73, 198
Heath, James, Chronicle of the Late Intestine War 187
Henchman, Father Humphrey: advises Charles to escape from the Sussex coast 208; joins Charles for dinner at Heale House 220; informed of the plan for Shoreham sailing 222; made Bishop o
f Salisbury 258
Henri IV 44
Henrietta Maria, Queen: raises funds on the Continent 5, 25; asked to send reinforcements 8; expresses concern at safety of Scilly Isles 9; disliked and mistrusted 13–14; relationship with her son Charles 13, 16, 55; attempts to arrange marriage between Charles and her niece ‘Mademoiselle’ 14–15; actively plots a return to royal power 20; birth of final child 23; health of 23–4; viewed with suspicion and mistrust 23; as zealous Roman Catholic 23, 24–5; escapes to France 24–6; miserable at not seeing her children 29; reaction to execution of Charles I 43; attempts to gain French support 44–6; aware of her husband’s weakness 44; family connections 44–5; explores all avenues to retrieve the lost crown 46; agrees necessity of Scots aid 50; learns of Charles’s defeat at Worcester 92; welcomes Wilmot at her court in France 117; informed of Charles’s arrival in France 233, 237; reunited with Charles in Paris 237; loses influence as result of Worcester 245; enjoys Jane Lane’s company 256; death of 253
Henrietta, Princess: birth of 23; christened in Exeter Cathedral 26; left in the care of Lady Dalkeith 26; escapes to France dressed as a boy 27
Henry VIII 107
Henry, Duke of Gloucester: held captive at St James’s Palace 27, 28, 32; moved to Danvers House, Chelsea 28–9; moved to Syon House, Isleworth 29; says his final goodbye to his father 29–30; held at Penshurst, Kent 30; removed to Carisbrooke 31
Henslow, Thomas 226
Hereford 7, 10
Hertford, Marquess of 173
Hewett, Henry 204
Himley 106
Hindlip Hall, Worcestershire 126
Hinton Daubney 208, 214, 215
Hobbal Grange 108, 114, 129, 133, 136
Holbeard (blacksmith) 158–9
Holyhead, John 121
Home, James, 3rd Earl of 65
Hopton, Sir Ralph 6
Horne (merchant) 205–6
Horton 165
Howard, Thomas 246–7
Howard, William, 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick 209
Huddleston, Father John: sends Pepys his version of Charles’s escape from England xviii; ardent Royalist and priest at Whiteladies 121; involvement in the Civil Wars 122; learns of the defeat at Worcester 122–3; secretly acts as chaplain to Moseley Hall 123; meets up with John Penderel 145–6; arranges to meet Charles at Moseley Hall 146–7, 151, 152; silently appalled at state of Charles’s feet and clothing 151–2, 153; gives Charles a handkerchief for his nosebleed 153 and note; offers Charles and Wilmot a change of shirts 154; keeps Charles company at Moseley Hall 155, 156–7, 158, 159; hides with Charles in priest hole 158; bids farewell to Charles 159–60; admiration for John Penderel 165; rewarded for his services to Charles 253; allowed to live freely after Popish Plot 256; administers the last rites to Charles 273–5; death 253