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named to y® King, and now by me suppressed in respect to their 

 families in being. The King agreed to y^ proposal, saying he 

 would go to bed as usual, and when all was quiet would rise again, 

 and be ready to take horse at y^ time and place appointed in y^ 

 night, at 2 o'clock. Sir Peter was punctual on his part, and 

 waiting till daylight, got oif, but not without some suspicion and 

 after questioning. These two favorites the night following carried 

 off y^ King as my Lord Clarendon tells, &c.* 



"Lord Lucas, Sir Peter's Brother-in-law, being secured by 

 order of Parliament, Sir Peter solicited his Lordship's being ad- 

 mitted to bail, with success, and became bound to y^ Government 

 for his Appearance in £6000, w"'' Bond was forfeited, by his 

 Lordship getting off beyond sea, leaving Sir Peter to struggle 

 against y^ penalty of y* said Bond, more than sufficient to have 

 ruined almost any other man in these times ; but his Interest 

 was such among the reigning Men of y^ Faction, as to get clear 

 of it in y^ end. 



[Here follow some references to the relatives of Sir Peter's 

 wife, who " was of a very ancient and honorable family in Essex," 

 and who " lived not many years after her marriage to Sir Peter 

 Killigrew, leaving him only one son, y" last Sir Peter, and one 

 daughter, who died young ; breeding his son at Oxford, and 

 thence sent him to, and kept him in France, to y^ time of y^ Res- 

 toration."] 



"In the year 1648, after holding y^ whole of this reduced' 

 Estate in Jointure 16 years from Sir Peter, y^ said infamous Lady 

 Jane died ; when of inheritance he entered upon it, bringing to it 

 about £12000 of personal estate; which inheritance, however 

 small, he was fond of and cherished, but came not time enough 

 to prevent y^ malicious and envious Governor of Pendennis from 

 burning his fine house of Arwenack, upon Sir William Waller's 

 (Oliver's General) coming to besiege y^ Castle, t One of y^ first 



* This is a curious story ; but there are circumstances in its favour. 

 Charles, after escaping from Hampton, did go to the coast as if expecting to 

 meet a Ship. Could Sir Peter have been misunderstood as to time and place ? 

 Hume seems to favour Clarendon's idea that the King's going to the Isle of 

 Wight was not entirely voluntary ; and considers Ashburnham, if not treach- 

 erous, imprudent. 



f Tonkin says he burnt it himself, setting fire to it with his own hands, 

 that the enemy might not find shelter in it. Hitchins and Drew erroneously 

 credit " the manuscript history" with this story. 



