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by the lord of Harting manor from the time of Henry 

 II., which bound him to defend the castle for the king 

 in time of war. One month afterwards (Jan. 6, 1643-4, 

 at 9 a.m.) Arundel Castle changed owners again. 



The Royalist garrison of Arundel under Sir Edward 

 Ford numbered 200 men ;* but the number of officers 

 was large, many being fatigued with the late marches, 

 and preferring to winter on the spot. The great William 

 Chillingworth, who had accompanied Lord Hopton, 

 stayed behind in Arundel Castle, "being indisposed 

 by the terrible coldness of the season." Sir Edward 

 Ford, adds Clarendon, was "a man of honesty and 

 courage, but unacquainted with that affair, having no 

 other experience in war than what he had learnt in 

 these troubles." The garrison neglected Lord Hopton's 

 injunction before he parted on his return to Winchester, 

 viz : that they should get in provisions so as to be able 

 to receive reinforcements, and stand a siege. They 

 further resisted authority, and became factious under 

 an Irish officer, Colonel Bamford, or Bamfield, who 

 "set himself up." Meanwhile Waller, having gone to 

 London, had obtained reinforcements from the London 

 train-bands, and marching upon a "great village called 

 Alton," surprised it, and slaughtered Colonel Bowles at 

 the head of the Wallingford regiment in Alton Church. 

 He was killed by a blow from the butt end of a musket. 

 Waller then pushed on south by east, via Hazlemere 

 and Midhurst (the November frost continuing) to retake 

 Arundel. Sir Edward Ford stood a siege of twenty- 

 three days and surrendered, " the men being sick from 

 continual alarms for three or four days together." 

 Arundel Castle was thus retaken by the Parliamen- 

 tarians on Jan. 6, 1643-4: Chillingworth, mobbed by 

 the Puritan clergy, died within a few days of the fall 

 of his refuge, and was buried at Chichester ; and Sir 

 Edward Ford, with his garrison, were sent as prisoners 



" For this account see Clarendon's Hist, of the Rebellion, 

 Book VI 1 1. 



