List of regicides of Charles I

Regicides of Charles I are considered to be the 59 Commissioners who formed the tribunal that tried King Charles I of England and signed his death warrant along with other officials who participated in his trial or execution and Hugh Peters an influential republican preacher.

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King Charles I of England - Hugh Peters

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The tribunal was composed of three hereditary peers; four aldermen of the City of London; twenty-two baronets and knights; three generals; thirty-four colonels; the twelve judges of the High Court (who all declined to serve); three sergeants-at-law and representative members of various principalities and the House of Commons.{{ref|Morgan}}

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Hereditary peer - Aldermen - City of London - Baronet - Knight - General - Colonel - High Court - Sergeants-at-law - House of Commons

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At the English Restoration in 1660, six Commissioners and four others were found guilty of regicide and suffered the fate of being hanged, drawn and quartered. A further nineteen regicides served life imprisonment and three already dead at the time of the restoration had their bodies desecrated.{{ref|Kirby}}

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English Restoration - 1660 - Regicide - Hanged, drawn and quartered

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