Andrew Broughton

He was probably born in Seaton, Rutland as the younger son of Richard Broughton (d. 1635).

He lost this position under the machinations surrounding the start of the English Civil War, specifically his involvement in the impeachment of Earl of Strafford and the imprisonment of Geoffrey Palmer for protesting against the Grand Remonstrance.

He acted as attorney on behalf of the corporation of Maidstone during the First English Civil War.

[1] At the Restoration Broughton, was exempted from the general pardon under the Indemnity and Oblivion Act,[2] and was likely to lose his life—The other clerk at the trial, John Phelps was also exempted but only for "penalties not extending to Life"—so Broughton and Phelps fled, reports in 1662 placed them in Hamburg, but later that year Broughton arrived in Lausanne in Switzerland where several other regicides were residing.

Broughton remained in exile for 25 years dying peacefully in Vevey, where he was buried in the church of St Martin.