Attack on James II at the isle of Sheppey. The flight of James II, December 1688. Glorious Revolution of 1688
Illustration by Charles William Sheeres (1851-1868 fl) from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: The Swale channel was the point of departure selected by James II, when departing in some haste "from the Protestant deliverance of the nation" by William of Orange in December 1688. A hoy having been chartered, the fugitive king landed at Elmley, only to be mobbed by local fishermen. They thought such a noble on such a humble vessel was the locally hated Jesuit Edward Petre and so took his money, watch and coronation ring. At length he was recognised by one of the assailants and the group took him in custody to Faversham, where he was detained. He was later released and placed under Dutch protective guard. Having no desire to make James a martyr, the Prince of Orange let him escape on 23 December
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