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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX when they came down to Bramber they found the place full of soldiers. Riding boldly on they passed without arousing suspicion, and so came to Brighton, where they went to the George Inn. The host of the George caused fresh alarm to the party by recognizing the king and insisting upon kissing his hand. Further difficulties then arose. Captain Tetter- sell requiring most unreasonable terms, but at last all was settled, and by eight o'clock next morning the ship had set sail, and after a quick voyage Charles landed in safety at Fecamp.^ Throughout the adventure Charles displayed much of that courage and coolness in danger which formed perhaps his most admirable quality. The ' crowning mercy ' of Worcester put an end to all fear of Royalist risings, and Captain Temple's Sussex troop of dragoons was dis- banded,^ and the garrison of Arundel castle reduced by half. ^ Next year the castle was disgarrisoned, its munitions sent to Portsmouth, and its defences blown up.^ For six years peace reigned, and then the death of Oliver Cromwell restored the hopes of the king's party ; schemes for insurrection broke out prematurely in different parts of the county, Chichester being one of the places whose capture was designed," while Captain Culpepper tried to arrange for Charles to land at Brighton.* The Government, however, were still strong enough to cope with all these movements ; companies were raised at Arundel, Chichester, Rye and Lewes, and Colonel Fagge was put in command of the Sussex forces,' while 2,000 men were sent down to Chichester and Arundel.^ Early in August the Royalists were still in arms, though hitherto unsuc- cessful, and it was feared they might surprise Cowdray House, which was therefore garrisoned by a force of twenty men.* By the beginning of September all was quiet again and the troops were disbanded, though those at Rye under Captain Marshall and at Chichester under Major Clark were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to reassemble if required. The walls of Arundel and Chichester were at the same time ordered to be thoroughly demolished."* In May 1659 Richard Cromwell found himself forced by a com- bination of circumstances which he could not withstand to resign the office of Protector, and Charles II. entered into peaceful possession of his kingdom in 1 660. The Sussex gentry were not backward in offering him an address of congratulation." The Puritan party, however, was still strong in the county, and even in 1663 the towns of Lewes and Chichester were particularly ' perverse ' ; so much so indeed that the trained bands had to be marched into Chichester to prevent an armed rising,'^ while a request was made for the justices to assist ' the honest party ' at Lewes, as there was no militia in east Sussex." Measures were at once taken against the regicides ; William Caw- ' The Last Act in the Miraculous Story of His Majesty King Charles the Second's Escape, by Col. Counter of Racton. « Cal. S.P. Dom. Interreg. xvi. 40. 3 Ibid, xxiii. 13. « Ibid. xli. 26, 153. ' Ibid, cciii. 92. " Ibid. cciv. ' Ibid, cciii. 88. » Ibid. 62. » Ibid. cciv. 5. '» Ibid. ■' Cal. S.P. Dom. Chas. II. i. 46. '« Ibid. Ixxx. 99. " Ibid. Ixxx. 56. 528