FOOTNOTES:
[1] Several of the Illustrations accompanying the Tale are engraved byMr. J. H. Rimbault from Mr. Manning's Series of Views of the Placesvisited by Charles during his wanderings. The views of Old PowickBridge, of the Site of Fort Royal, and the Room in the Commandery, weresketched on the spot by Captain J. H. L. Archer.
[2] Mrs. Jane Llewelyn, eldest daughter of Richard Penderel, ofPentwrch Ystradgynlais, great, great-grandson of John Penderel ofBoscobel, died 19th of June, 1872, aged eighty, and was interred in thechurchyard of Llangynwyd, Glamorganshire.
[3] Since the publication of the first edition of the work, Mr. Manninghas pointed out an error which shall be rectified in his own words.The mistake is, perhaps, not important in a work of fiction, but it isdesirable that the precise route taken by the royal fugitive shouldbe ascertained, and Mr. Manning's description is very interesting aswell as accurate. "You have kept strictly to the line of route pursuedby the King and Jane Lane from Bentley House, except as regards theirarrival at Stratford-on-Avon. They must have come across country untilthey touched the high road from Birmingham. When within a mile ofStratford they retraced their course, and, according to Mr. Wise'saccount, turned to the village of Wootton Wawen, seeking the higherground, and getting to Stratford by a lane, now called the King'sLane. Henley is some miles to the right. One field from the lane justmentioned stood an oak belonging to a friend of mine called the King'sOak. On descending from this point, they would come to the bridge atStratford, on the outskirts of the town; but we do not exactly knowwhere they passed the river. At dry seasons the Avon could be fordedabout a mile above the bridge, but the water is generally deep in thispart."
_Suum cuique._ It is right to mention that the striking description ofthe seventh Earl of Derby (cited in Chap. xxii. Book I.) is from thepen of the late William Robert Whatton, Esq., F.S.A., who contributedthe able Historical and Biographical Memoirs of illustrious Natives ofLancashire to Baines's History of the County. Mr. Whatton's masterlyportraiture has been erroneously ascribed to Mr. Baines.
[4] An uncle of this brave Cavalier was an ancestor of the greatGeneral Washington, President of the United States.
[5] Evidence of the wonders accomplished by the king in the shortspace of time allowed him is afforded by the very curious Diary ofJudge Lechmere, some portions of which have been given by Mr. RICHARDWOOF, F.S.A., in his "Personal Expenses of Charles II. in the City ofWorcester in 1651." Thus writes Judge Lechmere (the personage whom wehave introduced in a previous chapter) a few days before the Battle:"The Scots king having sodainly possessed himself of the city ofWorcester, in a few daies _fortified it beyond imagination_." From hisposition in Worcester, and from his antiquarian researches, no one is,perhaps, so intimately acquainted with the history of the faithful cityat the period of this Tale as Mr. WOOF, and the author seizes thisopportunity of acknowledging the obligations he is under to him formuch valuable information.
[6] The whole scheme for the new clock and bells in Worcester Cathedraloriginated with the REV. RICHARD CATTLEY; and the city is deeplyindebted to him for, perhaps, the finest set of Bells in the country,and for a Clock of great power and accuracy. These valuable additionsto the ancient cathedral are to be supplemented by very perfect musicalchimes, the mechanical appliances of which will be the gift of a greatlocal benefactor, ALDERMAN J. W. LEA.--R. W.
[7] The room in which the duke died is still intact, and a view ofit, by Captain L. Archer, has been given with an earlier portion ofthis story. The Commandery is now used as a College for the Blind Sonsof Gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. Blair being the Principal. The ancientstructure bears evidence of the fray, and contains many relics of theperiod.
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