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The Political History of Tudor and Stuart England, p. 144 Charges against Charles I T. B Howell, T.B. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason other crimes and misdemeanors from the earliest period until the year 1783 Volume 12 of 21 Charles I to Charles II: The Trial of Charles Stuart, King of England; Before the ...
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) [a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
The Trials of Twenty-nine Regicides, at the Old Bailey, for High Treason, which began the 9th Day of October, A. D. 1660: 12 Charles II.". A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations .
Thomas Collingwood (1715-1781) was one of the few Northumbrians who gave active support to the Roman Catholic Charles Stuart (“Bonny Prince Charlie”) in the 1745 rising against King George II of Great Britain. Although arrested and charged with treason, Collingwood avoided punishment, because at trial he was acquitted on a technicality.
The Treason Act 1743 [1] (17 Geo. 2. c. c. 39) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to correspond with any of the sons of James Francis Edward Stuart ("The Old Pretender"), who claimed to be king of Great Britain and of Ireland.
Charles divided his jewels among the children, leaving him with only his George [15] (an enameled figure of St. George, worn as a part of the ceremonial dress of the Order of the Garter). [16] Charles spent his last night restless, only going to sleep at 2 a.m. [17] Charles awoke early on the day of his execution.
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland; Regicides of Charles I. See List of regicides of Charles I. Tonge plot. 1680 - Popish Plot. Persons implicated in the alleged Popish Plot: William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford; 1683 - Rye House Plot. Those convicted in relation to the Rye House Plot include: William Russell, Lord Russell ...
This eventually led to the beheading of King Charles for treason in 1649. Those who opposed him felt that Charles Stuart incorrigibly continued to hold his dynastic interest separate and above those of Parliament and the British people, and ultimately Parliament had no alternative but to end his conspiracies, par coup de hache ("by blow of axe").