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Updated: June 19, 2025
Charles himself tells an interesting story of one of his adventures while at Trent House. He, with some companions, had ridden to a place called Burport, where they were to wait for Lord Wilmot, who had gone to Lyme, four miles farther, to look after a possible vessel.
Lord Wilmot was sent to ascertain the cause of this disappointment, and for greater safety the king rode on to Burport with his friends. Being come to the outskirts of the town, they were alarmed at finding the streets in a state of confusion, and full of Cromwell's soldiers, fifteen hundred of whom were about to embark for Jersey.
As they came near Burport they saw that the streets were full of red-coats, Cromwell's soldiers, there being a whole regiment in the town. "What shall we do?" asked Colonel Windham, greatly startled at the sight. "Do? why face it out impudently, go to the best hotel in the place, and take a room there," said Charles. "It is the only safe thing to do.
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