During the year 1660 on the twenty-fifth of May Charles II regained his crown of England. This regaining of power occurred because of the year 1651 when Charles took his army to fight against Oliver Cromwell only to be defeated. The young king was forced into exile for the next ten years of his life. This period of time is known as the Restoration. A good question to ask about the Restoration period is why England welcomed back Charles? There were several factors involved in Charles returning to power. Charles had loyal people who do anything for him. The Royalist people kept the faith and the cause going. They had secret groups in and outside the government of England working for the cause of Charles the II. The Sealed Knot group is an example of the secret agencies or persons that Charles had working for him during the English Commonwealth time in parliament. These people and groups were a key element for Charles and the restoring of him in England. Another key element was the restless pursuit in which Charles had throughout is exile. Furthermore this paper will attempt to answer some of the questions of why Charles did get another chance
“September 1651, Charles takes an army of 16 000, an army of Scott’s and English men in
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The Speaker of the House of Commons became the nominal head of the army. They asked Charles to come to Scotland for this rising. The loyal Royalists that remained helpful during the entire exile trying so hard to help get their King back to his thrown. Again when Charles seemed to be making ground towards his uprising limited funds left him waiting for another opportunity. Between August of 1656 and March of 1657 Charles army rose from a mere 400 men to 2500 men by March. ” With this revolution taken place in the government of England Charles seemed hopeful that his rise would occur shortly. What did Charles achieve while he was leaving abroad? He had the help of other monarchs and loyal Royalists. The government provided Charles with personal quarters for him and his court in the city Bruges, plus an allowance of 3000 ecus a month. “From the years 1656 to 1660 Charles would feed off the most powerful monarch of the time. Charles knew that the money provided was not enough to support him and his court but it would help towards his restoration. After a few months of battle Charles army fell to Cromwell and Charles disappeared. Charles began to see his throne somewhat threatened but began to realize that he needed to start pushing his cause and get back home to where he belonged. Through out his exile Charles had a few secret groups working on the inside of the English Commonwealth.
With the Sealed Knots group becoming less active Charles had no choice but to call upon another person to deal with the problem of the Cromwell Commonwealth. Willis worked for Charles I and was highly regarded in Charles II court.
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