Barbados, as a haven for refugees fleeing the Commonwealth, had held for Charles II under Lord Willoughby until defeated by George Ayscue.
[1] The planters, however, were not eager for the return of the former governor Lord Willoughby, fearing disputes over titles, but the King ordered he be restored.
[2] Jamaica had been a conquest of Oliver Cromwell's and Charles II's claim to the island was therefore questionable.
Acceptance of the Restoration was reluctant in some quarters, as it highlighted the failure of Puritan rule in England.
[5] New Haven provided refuge for Regicides such as Edward Whalley, William Goffe and John Dixwell and would be subsequently merged into Connecticut in 1662, perhaps in punishment.