Name Index

To

Charles, Prince of Wales, at Barnstaple [1645], and his hostess [Grace Beaple]

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 49, (1917) pp. 389-396.

by

J.F. Chanter

Prepared by Michael Steer

In 1645 the future Charles II (then Prince of Wales) stayed at Barnstaple for a few weeks to escape the plague at Bristol. He stayed at the house of a wealthy widow, Grace Beaple. By then the war was going against the King and the Royalist defeat at the battle of Torrington in February 1646 made Parliament's victory certain. Sir Allen Apsley surrendered Barnstaple in April 1646. There was plague in the town that year that must have dampened any joy felt by the inhabitants at getting rid of the Royalist garrison. In 1660, two years after the death of Cromwell, Charles was invited back from exile to become king. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.