Koninklijke Hoofdgilde Sint-Sebastiaan binnen Brugge
Archers' guildhall where an exiled, penniless king once drilled a ragtag regiment in the garden.
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This guide to the Sint-Sebastiaan archers' guildhall in Bruges tells how, in sixteen fifty-six, the exiled King Charles the Second of England, with no throne and little money, found refuge among a six-hundred-year-old archers' brotherhood, shooting alongside local merchants and quietly recruiting English volunteers into a private regiment. It follows what happened after Cromwell's death restored Charles to his throne, and the King's Hall he funded here in sixteen sixty-two. Look for his carved bust above the fireplace, and the garden where the exiled royals once drew their bows.
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