Bos'cobel

Bos'cobel, on the eastern verge of the county of Shropshire, 7 miles E. of Shifnal, and 37 N. of Worcester, was, after the defeat of Worcester (3d September 1651), for two days the hiding-place of Charles II. The 'Royal Oak' in which, with Major Careless, he concealed himself for more than twenty-four hours, is represented by a tree grown from one of its acorns; but Boscobel House, then occupied by the Penderel family, still stands, a half-timbered dwelling. See Thomas Blount's Boscobel (1660-81); ed. by J. Hughes (1857); by C. G. Thomas (1894).