POLITICAL HISTORY 



cember and next day appearing upon the Downs above Arundel, where 

 he suffered a severe defeat/ About a week earlier two or three hundred 

 of Lord Crawford's men had been taken after a severe fight at South 

 Harting/ On 5 January 1644 the garrison were so reduced by hunger 

 that Sir Edward Ford opened negotiations with Waller, who meanwhile 

 courteously allowed some ladies who were in the castle to dine at his 

 own table ; and on the morning of the next day Arundel castle was sur- 

 rendered unconditionally/ For his service Sir William Waller received 

 the thanks of parliament and was promoted to be major-general. 



In April i 644 Colonel Stapley was put in command at Chichester 

 with orders to increase the garrison to 800 and to hasten the 

 despatch of the county contingent to Waller." In June Colonel Apsley, 

 by authority of Sir William Waller, took steps to raise a regiment in 

 Sussex, but the gentry of the county objected on the ground that the 

 burden of supporting the officers would annoy tlie county ; Sir William 

 was therefore requested to cancel his commission to Apsley, which he 

 did willingly ' the rather because I would not have anything to do with the 

 gentlemen of Sussex, from whom I have received nothing but constant 

 incivilities.' ^ An urgent order had to be sent in September of this year to 

 the committee of the associated counties of Surrey, Sussex, and Hamp- 

 shire for the payment of their three troops of horse, who had been so 

 long without pay that there was fear of their disbanding.^ The Sussex 

 committee were also forbidden to proceed with the proposed demolition 

 of Cowdray House, which would have a very bad effiect on the county, 

 but were directed to garrison the house.'' Mr. Cawley was accordingly 

 put in command of 120 foot and ten horse at Cowdray.* The com- 

 mittee again proposed in November to destroy a number of houses, but 

 were told that it was inexpedient, and that since the decisive defeat of 

 the king's troops at Newbury it was not necessary even to garrison the 

 houses in question.* Orders were also issued that the county forces 

 should not be assembled till further notice,"" and that Colonel Morley's 

 regiment should be retained for the defence of the county." 



In January 1645 the Royalists were again in force on the western 

 borders of Sussex, and the county troops were ordered to march against 

 them ;" in May soldiers were sent from Chichester and Arundel to the 

 siege of Basing House," and next month the governor of Chichester, 

 Colonel Algernon Sidney, had instructions to see to his fortifications." 

 A troop of horse was also raised at this time for the defence of west 

 Sussex.'^ The chief event of this year, however, was the rising of the 

 clubmen. A number of the countrymen who were not under arms on 

 either side and had begun to experience the disastrous effects of civil 

 war endeavoured to compel the contending parties to come to terms and 



• b'uss. Arch. Coll. xxviii. io8. s Ibid. p. 109. 



3 Tierney, Hist, of Arundel, pp. 67-70. * Cal. S.P. Dom. Chas. I. di. 65. 



6 Ibid. dii. 3, 7. « Ibid. diii. 5. ' Ibid. 10 s Ibid. 



9 Ibid. 40. JO Ibid. 27. " Ibid. 54. 12 Ibid. dvi. 10. 



" Ibid, dviii. 104. " Ibid. 120. »5 ii,;^. dx_ 2. 



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