Of the many places I visited for this video perhaps the one that makes the most of the connection with James is Faversham, which has put up various plaques to historical moments in the the town’s history. It is also has some stupendous pubs.

The Isle of Sheppey does not make much of its brushes with James II. You can go to Shellness beach where he was captured. Just to warn you that it is a nudist beach in clement weather. You can now stay in a location that James passed through at Kingshill Farmhouse.

You can saunter into Rochester and find Abdication House on the high street where James stayed in his last days in England. Rochester is great and features many delightful pubs and restaurants. You can also stare at Restoration House where Charles II stayed after returning from exile.

If you are interested in this topic and want to learn more you can try some of these works.

Letter from James II he left in Rochester, outlining why he was fleeing the country for a second time.

William of Orange's declaration to the English people

The Royal Collection Trust has some splendid drawings and paintings of James' flights

I did not go into much detail on Richard Head but here is a brief biography of him from the History of Parliament website

This website gives a description of James fleeing and also a rather nice anecdote about his brother's visit to the town.

The Captivity of James II: Gestures of Loyalty and Disloyalty in Seventeenth-Century England by Ted Vallance Journal of British Studies from Oct., 2009 is a great article which explains the impact that James must have felt being treated in a decidedly non-kingly fashion

Shepherd Neame's website gives a little description of Richard Marsh's role in events.

If you would like to hear Richard Marsh's own words then you can read this extract in the appendix of The History of the Town and Port of Faversham

Kent Archaeological Society have an interesting article on James' mindset when he was imprisoned

Thomes of Ailesbury's account of what occurred in his Memoirs

John Knatchbull who was also present in Faversham thoughts can be found by reading, The Diary of a Country Gentleman by P.C Vellacott in the Cambridge Historical Journal from 1926

James II: King in Exile by John Callow