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Regicides of Charles I

Can you guess the names of all the Commissioners whose signatures appeared on Charles I's death warrant?
Not including Commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign
Not including others who were found guilty of treason after the Restoration
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Last updated: February 26, 2025
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Order
Known For
Regicide
Retribution or Escape
1
President of the Court
John Bradshaw
Posthumous Execution & Beheading
2
MP for Leicester;
Commander of Midland forces
Lord Grey of Groby
Died before Restoration
3
Lord Protector;
New Model Army Commander
Oliver Cromwell
Posthumous Execution & Beheading
4
Major-General (Derb, Leics,
Linc, Notts, Warks)
Edward Whalley
Fled to colonies
5
Cavalry Colonel;
MP for Queenborough
Sir Michael Livesey
Fled to Netherlands
6
Dragoon Colonel
John Okey
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
7
Member of Parliament
Sir John Danvers
Died before Restoration
8
MP for Ripon
Sir John Bourchier
Too ill for trial and died
9
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Henry Ireton
Posthumous Execution & Beheading
10
MP for Boroughbridge
Sir Thomas Mauleverer
Died before Restoration
11
Defected to New Model
Sir Hardress Waller
Life Imprisonment
12
MP, Mayor of Newcastle
John Blakiston
Died before Restoration
13
Governor of Nottingham
John Hutchinson
Pardoned
14
Major-General (Berks,
Sussex, Hamps)
William Goffe
Fled to colonies
15
Colonel, Purged Parliament
Thomas Pride
Posthumous execution not carried out
16
MP, Captain of Horse
Peter Temple
Life Imprisonment
17
First regicide found guilty
Thomas Harrison
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
18
Governor of Dublin
John Hewson
Fled to Netherlands
19
MP for Leicestershire
Henry Smith
Life Imprisonment
20
Barred King's entry to Hull
Sir Peregrine Pelham
Died before Restoration
21
Artillery Commander;
General-at-Sea
Richard Deane
Disinterred, buried in communal pit
22
Lord Mayor of London
Sir Robert Tichborne
Life Imprisonment
23
One of armed men attempting
to arrest the 5 'birds'
Humphrey Edwards
Died before Restoration
24
MP for Reading
Daniel Blagrave
Fled to Aachen
25
Founding of Massachusetts;
Deputy-Governor of Bermuda
Owen Rowe
Died awaiting execution
26
Council of State member
William Purefoy
Died before Restoration
27
Cavalry commander
Adrian Scrope
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
28
Cavalry commander
James Temple
Life Imprisonment
29
MP for Queenborough
Augustine Garland
Life Imprisonment
30
Commander-in-Chief of
Ireland
Edmund Ludlow
Escaped to Switzerland
31
Noted republican
Henry Marten
Life Imprisonment
32
Cavalry commander
Vincent Potter
Died in the Tower
33
Infantry commander
Sir William Constable
Exhumed, buried in communal pit
34
Helped Monck restore Crown
Sir Richard Ingoldsby
Pardoned
35
Council of State member
William Cawley
Escaped to Switzerland
36
Infantry commander
John Barkstead
Executed
37
Had custody of King at Hurst
Castle
Isaac Ewer
Died before Restoration
38
Governor of Dover Castle
John Dixwell
Fled to colonies
39
Colonel; MP
Valentine Walton
Escaped to Germany
40
MP for Aylesbury
Simon Mayne
Died in the Tower
41
Colonel of Horse
Thomas Horton
Died before Restoration
42
Welsh; republican
John Jones Maesygarnedd
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
43
Liverpool MP; Colonel
John Moore
Died before Restoration
44
Barrister; MP
Gilbert Millington
Life Imprisonment
45
Dragoon; MP; Councilor
George Fleetwood
Imprisonment
46
Colonel
John Alured
Died before Restoration
47
Brother of Leveler John
Robert Lilburne
Life Imprisonment
48
MP for Camelford
William Say
Escaped to Switzerland
49
Member of interim council of
thirteen
Anthony Stapley
Died before Restoration
50
Radical Independent;
disinherited son
Sir Gregory Norton
Died before Restoration
51
Brother of a commissioner
who did not sign the warrant
Thomas Chaloner
Escaped to Continent
52
Plotted overthrow of crown
Thomas Wogan
Escaped to Netherlands
53
Governor of Windsor Castle
John Venn
Died before Restoration
54
East India company merchant
Gregory Clement
Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
55
Received grants in Ireland
John Downes
Life Imprisonment
56
Colonel; Sheriff of Rutland
Thomas Waite
Life Imprisonment
57
Vocal opponent of the
Protectorate; Republican
Thomas Scot
Hanged, Drawn, Quartered
58
Fifth Monarchist; Republican
John Carew
Hanged, Drawn Quartered
59
Granted Malahide Castle
Miles Corbet
Hanged, Drawn, Quartered
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