The decease of King Charles II. took place on the 6th of February, 1685; and on the evening of the same day, his successor (James II.) commanded the ROYAL DRAGOONS to march into quarters in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis. Previous to the coronation they were furnished with new standards, and the drummers and hautboys with new liveries.[21] The ceremonial of their Majesties' coronation was conducted with extraordinary magnificence: but the agitated state of the United Kingdom gave early indication of approaching contests; and, towards the end of April, two troops of the ROYAL DRAGOONS were despatched to Carlisle, and placed under the command of the governor, Sir Christopher Musgrave, for the purpose of assisting in the seizure of 'divers outlawed and seditious persons, who, for the avoiding of Justice, have fled from Scotland into the county of Cumberland and parts adjacent.'[22] These troops arrived at Carlisle on the 10th of May, and several persons were apprehended. In the middle of that month an insurrection, headed by the EARL OF ARGYLE, broke out in Scotland; and in June, JAMES DUKE OF MONMOUTH raised the standard of rebellion in the west of England and proclaimed himself king. The establishment of the ROYAL DRAGOONS was immediately augmented to sixty men per troop: an independent troop of dragoons, raised by Colonel STROTHER in 1683, was incorporated in the regiment; and five troops of dragoons were raised in the vicinity of London by RICHARD LEVESON, JOHN WILLIAMS, EDWARD LEA, FRANCIS RUSSEL, and THOMAS HUSSEY, and added to the ROYAL DRAGOONS: the numbers were thus increased to twelve troops, amounting to about nine hundred officers and men. Two troops of the regiment, with some other forces, were despatched under Brigadier-General Lord Churchill against the rebels in the west; and on the 19th of June two other troops marched for the same destination under the orders of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Feversham, who was appointed to the chief command of the King's army. The royal forces having been united, the four troops of dragoons were placed under the orders of Viscount Cornbury; and the whole marched in pursuit of the rebels.