KING CHARLES' GIFT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)

KING CHARLES' GIFT.

PRESENT-DAY ANNUITY. 17TH C£NTL*RY GRANT. FIVE' FAITHFUL BROTHERS. Mr. Gec-r~e Pendrell. a latmdryman, of-Br'-'CKivT]. New \ ctri, has announces! retiren/ent from business. He saia that henceforth ue would live on his savings and an annuity of £3O, which, he declares. he and various members cf his farrdjv have received by Royal Grant from tbe days of Charles 11. Mr. Pendrell declared that the money, srhich ist paid semi-annually, is the result cf an incident which occurred three davs after' the defeat of King Charles by the Commonwealth army under Lroniweii &t Worcester on September o. 15sl. After Charles' Scoctish soldiers were scattered the K'.n f - ned to the home of the Pencrells. Three Pendrell brothers and their sister Elizabeth hid the monarch an cak tree for a whole day, and helped him to get. to B'righton, where he embarked for France. Charles..' said the retired iaundryman, cn to txip TTiroijS, was so grateful that he established an annual grant for the famiiv in 1675. This pension, he declares.' has, been paid to various member* of- '"the PeSdreil family ever since. Mr. George Pendrell was born in Philadelphia 75~ye.ars ago, and it- was by means cf "he annus! grant, he says, that he started his laundrv business. His son, Irons, will .receive the pension upon his death" Eichi:d Fenderell—as the name was then spelt—according to such evidence as is available, was the eldest of five brothers who helped Charles to escape after Worcester. Charles was advised by the Earl ot Derby to entrust himself to the care cf the famiiv, and the Royal partv reached White Ladies, the home of Humphrey PenJere.U at dawn after the battle. Richard concealed him in Boscobel Wood daring the day. and Charles completed hiji disguise at H°bba.l Grange, Richard !i house.' The/famous enisod* 9 of the Royal Oak took place between this date and SeptemeLr 3. when the faithful brothers con.ducted Charles-to Wolverhampton, whero b«i hid at'Moselev Court. After the Re«tnraiion it is known that Charles farm

each brother a pension for himself and fcs heirs " for ever.** hy letters patent tinder ih<v Great Sea], Richard's pension being £l9O per annum. . Paoh ar'd'died on February 8, 3672. leaves four sons and four daughters. He I'es buried 'in the churchyard of St. Giles in-the-Fields, and his tomb wus " repsirsd ans beautified" by order of George Hi in 1739.