{"id":1209,"date":"2023-03-21T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefugitiveking.uk\/?page_id=1209"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:24:00","slug":"the-nine-journeys-of-charles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thefugitiveking.uk\/index.php\/the-nine-journeys-of-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"The ten journeys of Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Out of the days of the escape, Charles made what I see as being ten separate journeys over seventeen active days and covered an around 450 miles, nearly all of it on horseback. These are the journeys:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Coverage<\/th>Date(s) [number of days] <\/th>Mileage per google maps<\/th>Mode<\/th>Assumed identity<\/th>Accompanied by:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1
\n<\/td>		Post battle
\n
\nWorcester to White Lades Priory, near Boscobel House<\/td>		3 September 1651 [1]
\n<\/td>		41
\n<\/td>		Horse<\/td>Himself<\/td>Lord Wilmot, Swan, Lord Derby, Giffard, Francis Yates I plus other officers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Boscobel loop
\n
\nWhite Ladies to Madeley Hall and back to Boscobel.<\/td>		4-5 September 1651 [2]<\/td>23<\/td>Foot<\/td>Woodsman, Will Jones<\/td>Richard Penderel
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Moseley trip
\n
\nBoscobel to Moseley Old Hall<\/td>		7 September 1651 [1]
\n<\/td>		9
\n<\/td>		Humphrey Penderel's mill-horse<\/td>Will Jones<\/td>The Penderel brothers plus Francis Yates II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Bentley trip
\n
\nMoseley Old Hall to Bentley Hall<\/td>		9 September 1651 [1]
\n<\/td>		7
\n<\/td>		Horse<\/td>Will Jones<\/td>Lord Wilmot, Swan, John Penderel, Colonel Lane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Cotswold journey
\n
\nBentley Hall to Old Leigh Court<\/td>		10-12 September 1651 [3]<\/td>96<\/td>Horse<\/td>William Jackson, servant to Jane Lane<\/td>Wilmot, Swan, both riding ahead; Jane Lane, Henry Lascelles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Trent Manor Journey
\n
\nOld Leigh Court to Trent Manor<\/td>		16-17 September 1651 [2]<\/td>50
\n<\/td>		Horse<\/td>William Jackson, servant to Jane Lane<\/td>Wilmot, Swan, Jane Lane, Henry Lascelles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Charmouth loop
\n
\nTrent Manor to Charmouth, then to Bridport, Broadwindsor and back to Trent<\/td>		22-24 September 1651 [3]<\/td>60<\/td>Horse<\/td>William Jackson, servant to Wilmot who himself was posing as a runaway bridegroom<\/td>Wilmot, Swan, Francis Wyndham, Henry Peters and Juliana Coningsby <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Heale House Journey
\n
\nTrent Manor to Heale House<\/td>		6 October 1651 [1]<\/td>45<\/td>Horse<\/td>William Jackson<\/td>Phelips, Henry Peters and Juliana Coningsby <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Heale House to Brighton<\/td>13 - 14 October 1651 [2]<\/td>104<\/td>Horse<\/td>William Jackson<\/td>Firstly Phelips, later Wilmot, Swan and Gunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>To Shoreham and away<\/td>15 October 1651 [1]<\/td>6<\/td>Horse<\/td>William Jackson<\/td>Wilmot, Swan and Gunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>[Total days on the road - 17]<\/td>Total mileage - 441<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n

The horse question<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I must confess, I have a nagging doubt about the capacity of horses to complete the mileages (pun intended). I understand that 20 miles a day is good going, 30 just barely possible. But Charles was frequently doing more than this. Was he perhaps changing horses? During that time, officers or messengers in a hurry would often change horses at local farms, inns and plantations, perhaps every twelve-fifteen miles, leaving behind their original horse and a receipt. Sometimes they would return the way they came, retrieving their original mount. Other times, they would not return but send the borrowed mount back with someone else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That would seem to be the answer and would explain the fairly frequent references to refreshment stops; however, there are two thngs against this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • At Charmouth, Wilmot’s horse was recognised as being from the Midlands as it had a shoe that originated in Worcestershire. So, if this is true, he must have used the same horse throughout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Secondly and more generally, the party would have been anxious to avoid scrutiny – so would not have wanted to draw attention to themselves by leaving a trail of witnesses to their movements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    So the answer is – I don’t know. Any suggestion on a postcard please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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