▁a ▁time ▁a - dy ing ", ▁and ▁expressed ▁regret ▁at ▁his ▁treatment ▁of ▁his ▁wife . ▁On ▁the ▁last ▁evening ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁he ▁was ▁received ▁into ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁in ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Father ▁John ▁Hud dl eston , ▁though ▁the ▁extent ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁fully ▁conscious ▁or ▁committed , ▁and ▁with ▁whom ▁the ▁idea ▁origin ated , ▁is ▁unclear . ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁West min ster ▁Ab bey ▁" without ▁any ▁manner ▁of ▁pom p " ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁February . ▁ ▁Charles ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁his ▁brother , ▁who ▁became ▁James ▁II ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Ireland ▁and ▁James ▁VII ▁of ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁▁ ▁The ▁esc ap ades ▁of ▁Charles ▁after ▁his ▁defeat ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Wor c ester ▁remained ▁important ▁to ▁him ▁throughout ▁his ▁life . ▁He ▁delight ed ▁and ▁b ored ▁listen ers ▁with ▁tales ▁of ▁his ▁escape ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁N umer ous ▁accounts ▁of ▁his ▁advent ures ▁were ▁published , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁immediate ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁Rest oration . ▁Though ▁not ▁a verse ▁to ▁his ▁escape ▁being ▁as cribed ▁to ▁divine ▁prov idence , ▁Charles ▁himself ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁delight ed ▁most ▁in ▁his ▁ability ▁to ▁sust ain ▁his ▁dis gu ise ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁ordinary ▁orig ins , ▁and ▁to ▁move ▁un recogn ised ▁through ▁his ▁real m . ▁Iron ic ▁and ▁c yn ical , ▁Charles ▁took ▁pleasure ▁in ▁ret ail ing ▁stories ▁which ▁demonstrated ▁the ▁und et ect able ▁nature ▁of ▁any