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The Regicides of Charles I were the people responsible for the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649. The term generally refers to the fifty-nine commissioners who signed the execution warrant. This followed his conviction for treason by the High Court of Justice.
Some regicides, such as Richard Ingoldsby and Philip Nye, were conditionally pardoned, while a further 19 served life imprisonment. The bodies of the regicides Cromwell, Bradshaw, and Ireton, which had been buried in Westminster Abbey, were disinterred and hanged, drawn and quartered in posthumous executions.
[6] [7] These publications had such an effect on the public perception that—despite the regicide going against nearly every conception of social order in the period—the regicides of Charles felt safe in their positions soon after. [79]
This is a list of regicides. Definitions. Execution of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, by Édouard Manet. The etymology of the term ...
William Goffe, c. 1613/1618 - 1679/1680, was a religious radical from London who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Nicknamed “Praying William” by contemporaries, he approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649, but escaped prosecution as a regicide by fleeing to the New England Colonies.
Most of those who were still alive attempted to flee the country. Many fled to the Continent while several of the regicides were sheltered by leaders of New Haven Colony. With the exception of the repentant and eventually pardoned Richard Ingoldsby, all those that were captured were executed or sentenced to life imprisonment.
George Fleetwood (1623–1672) was an English major-general and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. [1]Fleetwood was one of the commissioners for the trial of Charles I, 1648–9; member of last Commonwealth Council of State and M.P. for Buckinghamshire, 1653; for Buckingham, 1654; member of Cromwell's Upper House, 1657; joined General George Monck, 1660, and though condemned to ...
Regicides of King Charles I of England. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Oliver Cromwell (6 C, 40 P) E ...