From thence the Court removed to Pendennis Castle, some time commanded
by Sir Nicholas Slanning, who lost his life bravely in the King's
service [Footnote: He was killed at the siege of Bristol.], and left
an excellent name behind him. In this place came Sir John Granville
into his Highness's service, and was made a gentleman of his
bedchamber. His father was a very honest gentleman, and lost his life
in the King's service; and his uncle, Sir Richard, was a good
commander but a little too severe. I was at Penzance with my father,
and in the same town was my brother Fanshawe and his lady and
children. My father and that family embarked for Morlaix, in
Brittanny, with my father's new wife, which he had then married out of
that family. My cousin Fanshawe, of Jenkins, and his eldest son, being
with them, went also over, but being in a small vessel of that port
and surprised with a great storm, they had all like to have been cast
away, which forced them to land in a little creek, two leagues from
Morlaix, upon the 28th of March, 1646; and five days after the Prince
and all his council embarked themselves in a ship called the Phoenix,
for the Isles of Scilly. They went from the Land's-end, and so did we;
being accompanied with many gentlemen of that country, among whom was
Sir Francis Basset, Governor of the Mount, an honest gentleman, and so
were all his family; and in particular we received great civility from
them. But we left our house and furniture with Captain Bluet, who
promised to keep them until such a time as we could dispose of them;
but when we sent, he said he had been plundered of them,
notwithstanding it was well known he lost nothing of his own. At that
time this loss went deep with us, for we lost to the value of 2OO
pounds and more. But, as the proverb saith, an evil chance seldom
comes alone: we having put all our present estate into two trunks, and
carried them aboard with us in a ship commanded by Sir Nicholas
Crispe, whose skill and honesty the master and seamen had no opinion