Charles II Hides in the Boscobel Oak | History Today - 0 views
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At Worcester on Wednesday, September 3rd, the Roundheads under Oliver Cromwell routed Charles II and his Scots. The young king – he was twenty-one – slipped away on horseback with a few trusted companions
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Boscobel House, another Giffard family house, where the eldest of the Penderels, William, was in charge
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During the escape he had been recognised repeatedly, but despite a high price on his head was never given away and the evidence is that he behaved with cheerfulness, courage and the most faultless courtesy throughout