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Execution warrant for Charles I of England, including the wax seals of the 59 commissioners [a] 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.
Death warrant of Charles I. The King was declared guilty at a public session on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death. His sentence read: "That the court ...
On being found guilty of regicide, John Downes was condemned to death in October 1660, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment because he had tried to intervene on the King's behalf and only signed the death warrant after being intimidated by the other commissioners. [1] Downes spent the rest of his life a prisoner in the Tower of ...
Harrison sat as a commissioner (judge) at the trial and was the seventeenth of fifty-nine commissioners to sign the death warrant of King Charles I. In 1650, Harrison was appointed to a military command in Wales where he was apparently extremely severe.
Edward Whalley (c. 1607 – c. 1675) was an English military leader during the English Civil War and was one of the regicides who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England. Early career [ edit ]
The death warrant (1649) of King Charles I of England and the wax seals of the 59 commissioners [a] ... Normally when a death warrant is signed and an execution date ...
The image of Charles's execution was central to the cult of St. Charles the Martyr, a major theme in English royalism of this period. Shortly after Charles's death, relics of Charles's execution were reported to perform miracles—with handkerchiefs of Charles's blood supposedly curing the King's Evil among peasants. [90]
LavaBaron, That would be "List of regicides committed by Charles I, I think, or even List of regicides by Charles I rather than of Chrles I. – SchroCat 06:19, 30 May 2016 (UTC) Okay, changed. LavaBaron 06:20, 30 May 2016 (UTC) That's great: thanks very much. Cheers – SchroCat 06:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC) Support. A few points, too minor to ...