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Execution

England · Government / Restoration. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1660–1661Date range
7Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1660

Thomas Harrison13 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Executed as one of the regicides after the Restoration.

John Carew15 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Executed for his role in the trial and death of Charles I.

John Cook16 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Cook is executed for prosecuting Charles I before the High Court of Justice.

Hugh Peters16 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Executed after the Restoration for supporting the regicide cause.

John Jones17 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Jones is executed as one of the regicides after the Restoration.

Adrian Scrope17 October 1660

Charing Cross · Government / Restoration

Scrope is executed for signing the death warrant of Charles I.

1661

Thomas Venner19 January 1661

London · Government / Restoration

Venner is executed after leading the Fifth Monarchist rising against Charles II.

Names involved

Adrian ScropeHugh PetersJohn CarewJohn CookJohn JonesThomas HarrisonThomas Venner

Provenance

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