Ludlow, much to his surprise, found himself among the accused.

This, however, was not because of the middle course he had taken in London through the late interruption, though he had lost some credit by that with his Republican friends.
He had unfortunately left London on his way back to Ireland on the very eve of that happy restitution of the Rump which he had despaired of seeing, and it was in Ireland that his enemies were most numerous and violent.

He had hardly arrived among them and attempted to resume his command when he received notice from the House that he and Colonel John Jones, with Miles Corbet and Matthew Tomlinson, were required to come over to answer certain charges against them relating to their Irish government (Jan.

5).

Ludlow and the others obeyed, and found, on their arrival in London in February, that Sir Charles Coote and other officers in Ireland had lodged an impeachment against them for nothing less than high treason.[1] [Footnote 1: Commons Journals of dates, and generally from Dec.