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Colonel John Downes (1609 – c. 1666) was a commissioner who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England. After the English Restoration he was found guilty of regicide and imprisoned for life.
May 30, 2014 · Parliament received dozens of provincial petitions calling for capital justice against the authors of the war. From October to December 1648, John Lambert and his Northern Brigade, came out in...
For such comments Downes apparently incurred the ‘scornful wrath’ of Cromwell, who called him a ‘peevish tenacious man’, accused him of seeking to save ‘his old master’ – Downes once held minor office in the Duchy of Cornwall – and labelled him a malignant.
5 days ago · A commissioner who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England. He was a businessman who did not fight in the English Civil War but amassed a fortune dealing in the confiscated Royalist estates. After the English Restoration he was found guilty of regicide and was imprisoned until he died.
Jan 16, 2014 · According to John Lawrance (or Lawrans) the military would have preferred to rid themselves of Charles without a trial.
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 .
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