List of regicides of Charles I

[2] At the end of the four-day trial, 67 commissioners stood to signify that they judged Charles I had "traitorously and maliciously levied war against the present Parliament and the people therein represented".

General George Monck—who had fought for the King until his capture, but had joined Cromwell during the Interregnum—brought an army down from his base in Scotland and restored order; he arranged for elections to be held in early 1660.

He began discussions with Charles II who made the Declaration of Breda—on Monck's advice—which offered reconciliation, forgiveness, and moderation in religious and political matters.

[2][9] According to Howard Nenner, writing for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Charles would probably have been content with a smaller number to be punished, but Parliament took a strong line.

[2] Of those who were listed to receive punishment, 24 had already died, including Cromwell, John Bradshaw, the judge who was president of the court, and Henry Ireton.

Five days later he writes, "I saw the limbs of some of our new traitors set upon Aldersgate, which was a sad sight to see; and a bloody week this and the last have been, there being ten hanged, drawn, and quartered.

Twenty-one of those under threat fled Britain, mostly settling in the Netherlands or Switzerland, although some were captured and returned to England, or murdered by Royalist sympathisers.

[13][14] In the order in which they signed the death warrant, the Commissioners were: The following Commissioners sat on one or more days at the trial but did not sign the death warrant: Under the Scottish Act of indemnity and oblivion (9 September 1662), as with the English act most were pardoned and their crimes forgotten, however, a few members of the previous regime were tried and found guilty of treason (for more details see General pardon and exceptions in Scotland):

Large hand-written document, coloured yellow with age. There is a block of text at the top, and 59 signatures and red wax seals at the bottom
Execution warrant for Charles I of England , including the wax seals of the 59 commissioners [ a ]
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Engraving depicting the executioner holding the severed head of Charles I of England
Charles II wearing a crown and ermine-lined cape
Charles II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661, following the Restoration of the monarchy .
A gallows is in the centre of the image, to its left a large bonfire; a crowd watch.
The execution of the bodies of Cromwell, Bradshaw, and Ireton, from a contemporary print
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A drawing of Oliver Cromwell's head on a spike
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Illustration in a satirical book from the 1660s. The devil sits with eleven men: nine regicides and two chaplains who supported the execution of Charles I . (Oliver Cromwell;John Bradshaw, Thomas Scott, Colonel Thomas Harrison, Colonel John Barkstead, Cornelius Holland, John Jones, John Lisle, William Say, Hugh Peters, John Goodwin ).
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Anonymous illustration comparing the execution of Charles I with that of the regicides
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Anonymously printed Dutch pamphlet attacking the beheading of Charles I, showing Oliver Cromwell with a fox at his shoulder
Five images showing scenes from 1. The House of Lords; 2. The House of Commons; 3. The bishops looking at the book of common prayer; 4. The traitors being executed; 5. Their associates being dismissed
Frontispiece to Giles Duncombe's Scutum Regale , 1660, showing scenes representing the Restoration of the English monarchy
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A 1698 etching showing the fate for those convicted of High Treason . The executed were hanged, drawn and quartered , as was the case for Rye House Plotter Thomas Armstrong in 1664.
John Lambert
The executions in Scotland took place at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, now marked by these pavement setts.