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Treason

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

3Records
1643–1649Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1643

Isaac Pennington1643

London · Warfare / Civil War

In the King's reply to the peace petition the London Mayor is accused of treason

1646

John Lilburne1646

Warfare / Civil War

Lilburne is imprisoned again, this time in the Tower of London, for denouncing his former army commander the Earl of Manchester as a Royalist sympathiser, because he had protected an officer who had been charged with treason

1649

Charles I20 January 1649

London · Warfare / Civil War

Charles I goes on trial for treason

Names involved

Charles IIsaac PenningtonJohn Lilburne

Provenance

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