BONJOUR CRISPE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4402, 4 October 1871, Page 6

BONJOUR CRISPE.

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Margate,^ close. ,toi'the< village! loEBirohdngton, -lids■thfe imoient%ianortaL'domain of "Quen Bark, containing ttbdcrnfaed 1 villa; Miltf 'on' ttie 'remains' 'of 'an' ol&:fasrMoheti%ttan.'8i6h < !^'-lihfr'«Bl&irbelVaii '/In *'iW fl lat&r 1 'therV lifed', [•to^ffi$Mf$ l , high.eb$*pjfc prppejcta, JW&. f»%»' W** j $^ 1 '^H st -1 •respectable ,ramjlys.> 3#he- ,Crmpea^Aeri 'soeudants j in tthe-sfemale linp of the;&oble> house oEQuex,- had,>beeajsheYiffa'«fritehfc' for {tenerationfKand on*' of > tbemi <fcbei i great tftfcle of'Mr. ' 'Henry : Orwpe,- posvIsessed suob; ' innuendo - 'in ■ ft©*, part* 'as to be styled * E^liis'inwl^aaet^ J ■ , « In a dark flight • of.i August, in<thsf jyear,.1657,> Henry ,UrispeijEBqj.y of Quex,; then an old* maa.i of deafly' eigni^f rtw isittirig^in^ th^: large' hall of hWmatision,' , (Stftit fetiittg with' bn^of b^ftr^nts 1 , , "jtlfeft' ! stfdtfenly thfe confused SStttt'd. of /VWfees f ! antfttle shufflm^bi^aiiy ffifef Vereheata, I i'tt '•' the ' "'distance. k Tl^e . ol^ Joa^tartea, from' his seat in Ti^bl^_fngb,b, L.APPWI. : hensire pf danger ,to his property, perhaps even/ to hia person... The state of the country well excused such fear. The ; rule of ; the .Lord^Protectorof 4He realm was generally Delayed, jbo be drawing to an end. Moody and "suspicious, with tb,a knowledge of -his unpopularity jhanging oyer him lfte * funepal paU,.C5romwelJ began to relax in activity; and; with! him; the government of public affairs .'seemed to sink to- the guoun'd. • -While his .time was taken up by religiOUSvConteraplaliocli' and visits to the sick bed of his favourite, 1 daughter,' bands of, robbers committed depredations in the northern^ counties, and pirates appeared on the 1 emails of Essex and Kenfc. r '# was the . f&'r.of the lat^r yrhicK had induced Mr,, f Henry ttrispe, some time before, to for^fy his residence, 8nd tp have loopholes m*de in the walls for, the of muslcets. At the same time, 1 he exercised a generous hospitality to such of his neighbours as would consent to lodge with him.' However, on the evening in question.' none of these friends Were present ;' and' ©ten his son, 5ir Nicalas Crispej and his nephew, Mr. Thomas .Orispe, , happened to be away from 1 , home'.'. Nearer "and nearer came the , .steps'; -loudpr and louder go.t lie noise ,of many voices outside the mansion. , AIL at once, tvith a sudden crash, the gate was broken open, and- a few seconds after a troop of wild-looking sailors, most of them' evidently foreigners, stood before the trembling old gentleman. The leader , of the band ad» dreiaed him in good" English, telling him to remain quiet as he valued his 1 life. ,The stranger then gave a few hurried orders, in a foreign language, to his coro1 panions, whereupon they proceeded to bind the hands and feet of the owner of the , house. To take him up&n their shoulders ! and carry him off into his coach was the work of a very few minutes, the old man being speechless and motionless from fear 1 and terror. Silently' the whole party proceeded along the high road to the'vil- ■ age of Birchington, Mr. 1 Crispe riding in his own coach, attended by one ,of his servants. Finally a halt was made on the sea-shore, close to the village, where . an open boat was lying in waiting. The squire was commanded to stsp in,, and 1 his servant received orders to return with : the coach to the manor-house. By this i time, the' anguish of the kidnapped man had found words in prayers and toads', and in piteous language he entreated the men not to take him away by sea, or, if they were absolutely bent on doing so, to allow him at least the assistance and eonsolo tion of his servant. But the robbers turned a deaf ear to all his prayers, and, 1 pushing him into the boat, set sail forthwith for the coast of Flanders. Long before the trembling aervanthad returned with his coach to the manor, all sight was lost of the mysterious vessel from the white cliffs of the isle of Thanet. " Captain Golding, of Ramsgate, a fine tall man of about 50, formerly in the merchant-service of Great Britain, was at the,period.of this history attaohed to the Court of Charles II., in no particular capacity, but with ' instructions to make himself generally useful. Of some use the gallant captain had been already to the exiled prince ; for when, after the disastrous battle of Worcester, Charles had been compelled to retire to "France, where he had great honours paid him, but no certain income, Golding replenished 'his exchequer' in quite an. unexpected manner, Being io. command of a merchant-vessel with valuable freight on .the voyage homejfrom India, called the ! 'Blackamoor Queen,' the captain took the liberty of running his^hipi instead of into the JPhaineoj into; the Scheldt, and, having ■ disposed' of ship and cargo at Antwerp} laid' the proceeds at the feet Of ! the' kiqg. , The gift .was' '.exceedingly welcome to his majesty, $en in lodgings ; at Versailles, ' and with not sufficient cash about him .to pay for. Ms, dinner. His '■ majesty's mother, Clarefffdott informs us, ' at his majesty's first 'arrival, had declared ■ that* she was'not able to'bfear ;Ufe charge of the king'i : diet, but' to, At he must pay one-half of the exp*ns> of her table'.' "This Charles II.' waa, not able to do, and' consequently Miad to go dinnerless, xnan'y ,a day., Tl\e king's followers, saya Clarendon, l: wereiu i np better condition, *th« -Marquis of Ormond himself >being compelled to put himself in pension, with;the r chancellor arid. 'aorne other 1 noblemen, 'with' a' poor'iErigliijh woman, the wife 11 of dn'e'-of ! th6' King's | 'servants', 1 at apiit'ole a week . foV.'diet, ( ,andtp w,alk the>WeeW on ( f6pt/ Imagine s 'tnen joy w^Ch wMcli thfc !^iain of th!e ''il^ckambor Qu,eenJ']w;aa. Received at' '^he Qpurfc ,'of .Chorlei I|'., *pd the blan- ' .^shm^s b'esjbowedi upon. Mm and) courtiers. JBat the monfey-wasi goon , apenti;J and being, unable 5 longwto bear j his .destitution aewv the brillianti seat of j ' the ' French Charles -rdtfdlved 6n removing intp Fltadtta"!'^ 'To 1 j^et- theJ^n'e'cesrfaW^.ftindg/^ncei Eu£ert; fli aeporamg fo*VlMhm, 'sejfhis fle'ef,, J* ahtpfa tfa&.£ifa*WQ,M& gppd;gujn q^mpja^to^flftbje.^jn,, ,1;o.removp, and^j^j»ppprt.Winl»oi¥k«i(|iri)ip i«Cter he, was i «mo>eoV 'j^flis Mbjeitiyi ttbereforBi''thft'faithful historian donUriues, v-vftW' t6-iFrinWEttper^ Hihitt fchp#oula ■ ? fin4^6m^%OPd^ohatth5e¥^?bo7f^^

_ — _^ _ — - - , — . \ ' < * [fir*tk<^ciaMh/e^gu»& has the tight) )Ofi W Ekfflanf f'tfiniThX pp^0to yS Bigpf^^l4^pvt,b3r jaomjftating . I'tetoeientative-tajgpay en fpis,eaoh..countyi in«Jthe»)Biing!f.Tealiii,vttQ,d sumtiaonittg hunc foi-ihe < his daisies *to thfii l cdut$_' of : Mk'!MkjeKty^ 4' Thw luminous (BChe'me 'was' fully atfproved'of, by Boyal Charles/zand. CaptaV folding, havihgjrebeiVed 'the, necessary instrubtionsV net sail'-'/pr ..fche 1 , tpnlufl c6asfc, Ito'-arreat, in the najne/qf tbja l&itt.glfehe < c representative, ta"xpAyer', Henry Or^pe, Esq., of Quex, whilom sheriff, and great-, inephew>{6f£ .Regain* inaul» Xhaneto. 'i ; v/6 ©oor bidJSqsiireiOri8pe,.onoe lodged ra« tho open bt&t, on the^atormy-Bea,tnad6 no' ftl]fthiBr :^BlBt&rioe'j and,' the wind bliiii faVdurabl^-^s landed tfrirly the foll6win^"znbjiiTh^ r at;0^end. !i A shbrt 1 BfcaT.^as'.'ujiae'he^, to ihen OajAain J^qlai^g' anil" 8 ppsow^proceeded far , they wnAWft^ei, w^re^hWajesty, Charley U. f was Jioiaing court. exiledmonatoh at <this .tinpiir**. W««nng from''th»Jextremes.' of fwarifci ts^we? learn from' >a letter of J.-Johnton> aBoyahst !Bpy, J> to-" ll The'^Ofcshipfal Johti Ashe, ;Ej?q M in tond'Ony-tetter infcerdepfced by dfolawell/arid pTinted l ip Thuripe'a StatoPkpera. English' 'cotirt/ aa-ya'tftw Qpiatte 1 , Vifemayrie .'ftt^Hageef'neydr in greajter-jwa^t; 'nor greater .expecWtibn tot > rab.^sj .without a speedy 'supply of whwh^ 'I ! all their levies are- like- to be ft.t » stanq. ;. forj English m'ea cannotr l^e on • bread aloiie. 1 .. Great joy, then, there .was at ! the*' English court!-' wheaCaptain G-oldwg ! arrived with his representative taxpayer. The stMto'be ldried-from the, county of E;eiit yas 'fired at' three thousand poundB sterling, and this amount the er-sherift . wa^ required to pay forthwith. In vain his protestations' of ppyerty, incapacity, and old age,; the reply.'to all which was that he w;oujd remain, in, custody till the whole .amount was,., forthcoming. After some further parleying, th« old man resigned himself to <Bend.ior his ;nephew,' •I»hf>nia8 Orispo, Esq.— hi» son, Sir JNioboIa8 Orispe, being absent 'from 'England, engaged in" catching \ nigers' on the coast of Guinea'. ' 'Thomas Grispo immediately attended hia'uhole at;Brv|ge^ ; and it was arranged, dually, that 'he should returri to England,, and, wi'tM,<;ho assistance of the other mombers,, of< the, faniily, raise the throe thousand ..poundB.,/ When en^ gaged' in carrying out this plan-— no easy undertaking! 'in thoaejday 8 of scarcity of specie- 1 * sudden 1 ordorfrom the Lord Protector intervened/ formally stopping the progres> of the aifair^. Olivtv Cromwell, having received the news of Captain Goldjng'e landing, and the kidnapping of the 'Lord o£ Quex, suspected the whole to be ajcollusion between Royalist parties for procuring money for * the young man that was. the late King's sou,' and accordingly forbade , the raising of the loan. Thereupon, , Thomas .Crispe returned to Bruges to confer further with his uncle, when it was arranged that part of the Quex estate should be sold to procure the ransom. This was done, with the assistance of Sir Nicholas^Crispe, meanwhile, returned from Africa; but new difficulties bro^e upon the negotiators in the sudden death of Sir Nicholas, and the thereby necessitated renewal of most of the legal documents. To allay the impatience of hi» unole, Thomas Crispe went over to Bruges no less than i six times during' the winter of ! 1657-58, and it 1 was not before the end of i April, 1G^8 ] , that he brought with him the ' much.coveted ; tHieb' thousand pounds. 1 Graciously received* by Captain Golding, be was allowed to deposit the money in the hands of the treasurer of the ' English , court,' agaiiisfc proper receipt in due form. When old Squire Crispe at last ' set foot again on £he shores of his beloved , native oo.untry, more than eight ( months had passed, and his, manorial residence was, through neglect, nigh falling into ruins. Great had been his losses by this forced royage aoross the Channel,, and the profits nil, he not even having acquired a knowledge of the idiom of the people among whom 'ill-luck had thrown him. The bnly/sen'toricd of French the old Bquiro had mastered was bon jour ; and it was this that made all Thanefc call him for the rest of his life ' Bonj our Crispe.' 14 Of Captain Golding — ' the brave Captain Golding, 1 as he is called by Echard— little more remains to be said. His expedition to the Iele of Thanet having made great noise in England, his employers thought it best at present to dispensewith his services in that direction, and to lead his energies into other channels." From the letter of ' ft seoret intelligencer/ dated July 18, 1658, and printed in ThurloeV State Papers, we learn that the captain, was intrusted with another confidential mission, soon after the release of Mr. Henry Crispe. ' Charles Stuart,' says, this letter, ,'is now at ajso,my Lord Gerrard. . . , . There is Captain JSolmes and Captain Golding .have ..gotten commissions — one from the King of Spain, 1 and another from Oharles Stuart; for each of tkem to lefrout-a'man-otf'War tb take prizes; and 'they are suddenly to go away to St. Sebapbiaif to that purpose.' flow many British" vessels' the^brave- buoaneer oapture4', w nof; 1 k nown ; but probably tlje .number was not Jarge, for not lotog after lie was reoalfed to the court of Charles II., to attend his Majesty^n his triumphal entry into his realm. .Once more, in the .mewy month of May, 1 1660, the captain landed on • the -'Kentish coast ; this 'time 1 in i the l 'sai'<;e of a JIin£, 'princes, generals, and 'admirals. ' Before Cromwell's bpdy waV hung'/afc 'Tybufn, Captain Gblding was a.ppoinW/to; the[ command of the • Diamond' m^n-bf-war tJ one of th4 finest .'ahjps ja.,hjs.,^ak 8fc y' 8 j .4 eefc> - made B.eveijat , sucoesif u|- \ orujeea to , tho East ittdieg^andi returningi to England, fell in Withifour Dutch frigates. An engagetoent eniuedj.Mayj'l^BBiwhen the captain was killed, brgvcOy filing to the l»st."

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