Children of the New Forest [Hardcover] Captain Marryat

 

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THE circumstances which I am about to relate to my
juvenile readers took place in the year 1647. By
referring to the history of England of that date they
will find that King Charles the First, against whom
the Commons of England had rebelled, after a civil
war of nearly five years, had been defeated, and was
confined as a prisoner at Hampton Court. The
Cavaliers, or the party who fought for King Charles,
had all been dispersed, and the Parliamentary army
under the command of Cromwell were beginning to
control the Commons. a olbonc os
It was in the month of November in this year that
King Charles, accompanied by Sir John Berkely
Ashburnham and Legg, made his escape from Hamp-
ton Court, and rode as fast as the horses could carry
them towards that part of Hampshire which led to
the New Forest. The King expected that his friends
had provided a vessel in which he might escape to
France; but in this he was disappointed. There was
no vessel ready, and after riding for some time along
the shore, he resolved to go to Titchfield, a seat
belonging to the Earl of Southampton. After a long
consultation with those who attended him, he yielded
to their advice, which was, to trust to Colonel Ham-
mond, who was Governor of the Isle of Wight for the
Parliament, but who was supposed to be friendly to
the King. Whatever might be the feelings o….