After fleeing Hampton Court (where he feared assassination), Charles I gave himself up to Parliamentary Governor Hammond on the Isle of Wight, expecting a neutral refuge. Instead he became a prisoner at Carisbrooke Castle. Two escape attempts failed — once when he got stuck in the window bars. From Carisbrooke he secretly negotiated the Engagement with the Scottish Covenanters that triggered the Second Civil War.
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