22 Mistress Jane Lane. 
llth, after taking leave of her host, Mr. Tombs, and her sister 
and brother-in-law, who were going to Windsor, Miss Lane con- 
tinued her journey, and apparently without meeting any adventure 
of consequence, Arrived at Cirencester, in Gloucestershire—twenty- 
four miles from Long Marston—the King got a supper and a good 
Pakevs bed, by the contrivance of Mr. Lassels, at the Crown 
Chronicle. Inn. Next day the party left Cirencester, and passing 
through Sodbury, got to Bristol, where, amongst the crowded 
streets, they lost their way, but eventually arrived at Leigh, or 
Abbot’s Leigh, which was three miles from the last-named city, 
and about thirty from Cirencester, and—as the old writer says—the 
desired end of that perilous journey. 
Rev. W. Bazley, A writer in “ Gloucester Notes and Queries,” 
ees ot says he has seen it stated that Mrs. Jane Lane 
May, 1880. and the King, after leaving Long Marston, made 
their way to Cubberley, and slept at the parsonage, which was 
vacant at the time on account of the death of the rector, Lewis 
Jones, on the 29th July, 1651; and one night at Tetbury, at Boxwell 
Court, the residence of Colonel Huntley, who had fought for the 
King under Prince Rupert. A wood called the King’s Walk is 
said to have been the place of the Prince’s concealment. 
Ca Seng There is an old manor-house at Little Wolford (a 
A. Fea. hamlet in the parish of Great Wolford) formerly the 
seat of the Ingrams, where it is alleged King Charles II. was con- 
cealed after the Battle of Worcester. In a rough sort of projection 
in the building, approached by a door at the back of a fireplace, was 
a sort of closet—the smoke of the fire served to conceal the outlet, 
Here, it is said, the fugitive King narrowly escaped being baked 
alive, for Cromwell’s soldiers, suspecting something, lighted a 
tremendous fire to drive him out. The writer says, ‘‘ This is indeed 
an addition to history, and puts all Charles’s narrow escapes in the 
shade!” 
It is quite possible that the King may have stayed a few hours at 
these houses, but his resting-place on each night seems to be clearly 
accounted for. His Majesty’s adventures after arriving at Abbot’s 
Leigh, under the charge of Miss Lane, were by no means at an end. 
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