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Posthumous Execution

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

3Records
1661Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1661

John Bradshaw30 January 1661

Tyburn · Government / Restoration

Bradshaw's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for presiding over the trial of Charles I.

Oliver Cromwell30 January 1661

Tyburn · Government / Restoration

Cromwell's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn as part of the Restoration punishment of regicide leaders.

Henry Ireton30 January 1661

Tyburn · Government / Restoration

Ireton's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for his role in the Commonwealth regime.

Names involved

Henry IretonJohn BradshawOliver Cromwell

Provenance

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