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Execution

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1648–1651Date range
8Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1648

Charles Lucas28 August 1648

Colchester · Warfare / Civil War

Lucas is executed after Colchester's surrender as Parliament punishes renewed Royalist resistance.

Charles IDecember 1648

London · Warfare / Civil War

In the wake of the ejections from the Long Parliament, the remnant, the Rump Parliament, arranges for the trial and execution of Charles I

Oliver CromwellDecember 1648

London · Warfare / Civil War

In the wake of the ejections from the Long Parliament, the remnant, the Rump Parliament, arranges for the trial and execution of Charles I

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd1648

Colchester · Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax leads the successful siege of Colchester, after the surrender of which he approves the execution of the Royalist leaders Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, holding that these officers had broken their parole

George Lisle1648

Colchester · Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax leads the successful siege of Colchester, after the surrender of which he approves the execution of the Royalist leaders Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, holding that these officers had broken their parole

Charles Lucas1648

Colchester · Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax leads the successful siege of Colchester, after the surrender of which he approves the execution of the Royalist leaders Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, holding that these officers had broken their parole

1649

Richard Brandon30 January 1649

London · Warfare / Civil War

Executes Charles I

Charles I30 January 1649

London · Warfare / Civil War

Executed in front of the Whitehall Banqueting House; Charles II is proclaimed king in Scotland after the execution

Robert Lockyer27 April 1649

St Paul's Cathedral · Warfare / Civil War

Lockyer is executed by firing squad after the Bishopsgate mutiny, becoming a Leveller martyr

1651

James Stanley Derby, 7th1651

London · Warfare / Civil War

Executed after being captured at the Battle of Worcester

Names involved

Charles ICharles LucasGeorge LisleJames Stanley Derby, 7thOliver CromwellRichard BrandonRobert LockyerThomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd

Provenance

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