A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



when they came down to Bramber they found the place full of soldiers. 

 Riding boldly on they passed without arousing suspicion, and so came to 

 Brighton, where they went to the George Inn. The host of the George 

 caused fresh alarm to the party by recognizing the king and insisting 

 upon kissing his hand. Further difficulties then arose. Captain Tetter- 

 sell requiring most unreasonable terms, but at last all was settled, and by 

 eight o'clock next morning the ship had set sail, and after a quick voyage 

 Charles landed in safety at Fecamp.^ Throughout the adventure Charles 

 displayed much of that courage and coolness in danger which formed 

 perhaps his most admirable quality. 



The ' crowning mercy ' of Worcester put an end to all fear of 

 Royalist risings, and Captain Temple's Sussex troop of dragoons was dis- 

 banded,^ and the garrison of Arundel castle reduced by half. ^ Next 

 year the castle was disgarrisoned, its munitions sent to Portsmouth, and 

 its defences blown up.^ For six years peace reigned, and then the death 

 of Oliver Cromwell restored the hopes of the king's party ; schemes for 

 insurrection broke out prematurely in different parts of the county, 

 Chichester being one of the places whose capture was designed," while 

 Captain Culpepper tried to arrange for Charles to land at Brighton.* 

 The Government, however, were still strong enough to cope with all 

 these movements ; companies were raised at Arundel, Chichester, Rye 

 and Lewes, and Colonel Fagge was put in command of the Sussex 

 forces,' while 2,000 men were sent down to Chichester and Arundel.^ 

 Early in August the Royalists were still in arms, though hitherto unsuc- 

 cessful, and it was feared they might surprise Cowdray House, which 

 was therefore garrisoned by a force of twenty men.* By the beginning 

 of September all was quiet again and the troops were disbanded, though 

 those at Rye under Captain Marshall and at Chichester under Major 

 Clark were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to reassemble if 

 required. The walls of Arundel and Chichester were at the same time 

 ordered to be thoroughly demolished."* 



In May 1659 Richard Cromwell found himself forced by a com- 

 bination of circumstances which he could not withstand to resign the 

 office of Protector, and Charles II. entered into peaceful possession of 

 his kingdom in 1 660. The Sussex gentry were not backward in offering 

 him an address of congratulation." The Puritan party, however, was 

 still strong in the county, and even in 1663 the towns of Lewes and 

 Chichester were particularly ' perverse ' ; so much so indeed that the 

 trained bands had to be marched into Chichester to prevent an armed 

 rising,'^ while a request was made for the justices to assist ' the honest 

 party ' at Lewes, as there was no militia in east Sussex." 



Measures were at once taken against the regicides ; William Caw- 



' The Last Act in the Miraculous Story of His Majesty King Charles the Second's Escape, by Col. 

 Counter of Racton. 



« Cal. S.P. Dom. Interreg. xvi. 40. 3 Ibid, xxiii. 13. « Ibid. xli. 26, 153. 



' Ibid, cciii. 92. " Ibid. cciv. ' Ibid, cciii. 88. » Ibid. 62. 



» Ibid. cciv. 5. '» Ibid. ■' Cal. S.P. Dom. Chas. II. i. 46. 



'« Ibid. Ixxx. 99. " Ibid. Ixxx. 56. 



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