Out the days of the escape, Charles made nine journeys over seventeen active days and covered an estimated 441 miles, nearly all of it on horseback. These are the journeys:
Coverage | Date(s) [number of days] | Mileage per google maps | Mode | Assumed identity | Accompanied by: | |
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1 | Post battle Worcester to White Lades Priory, near Boscobel House | 3 September 1651 [1] | 41 | Horse | Himself | Lord Wilmot, Swan, Lord Derby, Giffard, Francis Yates I plus other officers |
2 | Boscobel loop White Ladies to Madeley Hall and back to Boscobel. | 4-5 September 1651 [2] | 23 | Foot | Woodsman, Will Jones | Richard Penderel |
3 | Moseley trip Boscobel to Moseley Old Hall | 7 September 1651 [1] | 9 | Humphrey Penderel's mill-horse | Will Jones | The Penderel brothers plus Francis Yates II |
4 | Bentley trip Moseley Old Hall to Bentley Hall | 9 September 1651 [1] | 7 | Horse | Will Jones | Lord Wilmot, Swan, John Penderel, Colonel Lane |
5 | Cotswold journey Bentley Hall to Old Leigh Court | 10-12 September 1651 [3] | 96 | Horse | William Jackson, servant to Jane Lane | Wilmot, Swan, both riding ahead; Jane Lane, Henry Lascelles |
6 | Trent Manor Journey Old Leigh Court to Trent Manor | 16-17 September 1651 [2] | 50 | Horse | William Jackson, servant to Jane Lane | Wilmot, Swan, Jane Lane, Henry Lascelles |
7 | Charmouth loop Trent Manor to Charmouth, then to Bridport, Broadwindsor and back to Trent | 22-24 September 1651 [3] | 60 | Horse | William Jackson, servant to Wilmot who himself was posing as a runaway bridegroom | Wilmot, Swan, Francis Wyndham, Henry Peters and Juliana Coningsby |
8 | Heale House Journey Trent Manor to Heale House | 6 October 1651 [1] | 45 | Horse | William Jackson | Phelips, Henry Peters and Juliana Coningsby |
9 | To Shoreham and away | 13 - 15 October 1651 [3] | 110 | Horse | William Jackson | Firstly Phelips, later Wilmot, Swan and Gunter |
[Total days on the road - 17] | Total mileage - 441 |