List of regicides of Charles I
Commissioners who signed the death warrant
In the order in which they signed the death warrant, the Commissioners were:

List of regicides of Charles I

Section Title: Commissioners who signed the death warrant
Table Section Text: In the order in which they signed the death warrant, the Commissioners were:

Order	Name	At the Restoration	Notes	Ref.

1	John Bradshaw, President of the Court	Dead	Posthumous execution: disinterred, hanged at Tyburn and beheaded. His body was thrown into a pit and the head placed on a spike at the end of Westminster Hall, facing the direction of the spot where Charles I had been executed.

2	Lord Grey of Groby	Dead	Died in 1657

3	Oliver Cromwell	Dead	Posthumous execution: disinterred, hanged at Tyburn and beheaded. His body was thrown into a pit and the head placed on a spike at the end of Westminster Hall, facing the direction of the spot where Charles I had been executed.

4	Edward Whalley	Alive	Fled to the Dominion of New England with a co-commissioner, his son-in-law William Goffe, to avoid trial. He was alive but in poor health in 1674, where he was sought by the agents of Charles II but shielded by the sympathetic colonists.

5	Sir Michael Livesey	Alive	Fled to the Netherlands. In June 1665 he was known to be at Rotterdam, and probably died there shortly afterwards.

6	John Okey	Alive	Fled to Germany, but was arrested by the English Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir George Downing. He was tried, found guilty and hanged, drawn and quartered in April 1662.

7	Sir John Danvers	Dead	Died in 1655

8	Sir John Bourchier	Alive	Too ill to be tried and died in 1660

9	Henry Ireton	Dead	Posthumous execution: disinterred, hanged at Tyburn and beheaded. His body was thrown into a pit and the head placed on a spike at the end of Westminster Hall, facing the direction of the spot where Charles I had been executed.

10	Sir Thomas Mauleverer	Dead	Died 1655, but was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act

11	Sir Hardress Waller	Alive	Fled to France; later returned and was found guilty. Sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

12	John Blakiston	Dead	Died 1649

13	John Hutchinson	Alive	Pardoned in 1660, but was implicated in the 1663 Farnley Wood Plot; he was imprisoned in Sandown Castle, Kent where he died on 11 September 1664.

14	William Goffe	Alive	Fled to the Dominion of New England with a co-commissioner, his father-in-law Edward Whalley, and died in 1679

15	Thomas Pride	Dead	Posthumous execution alongside Cromwell, Ireton and Bradshaw was ordered but not carried out

16	Peter Temple	Alive	Brought to trial, sentenced to death but sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He died in the Tower of London in 1663

17	Thomas Harrison	Alive	First to be found guilty. Was hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 13 October 1660.

18	John Hewson	Alive	Fled to Amsterdam, then possibly Rouen. He died in one of those cities in either 1662 or 1663.

19	Henry Smith	Alive	Brought to trial, sentenced to death but sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was held in the Tower of London until 1664 and was transported to Mont Orgueil castle in Jersey.

20	Sir Peregrine Pelham	Dead	Died in 1650.

21	Richard Deane	Dead	Died in 1653. Disinterred and buried in a communal pit.

22	Sir Robert Tichborne	Alive	Brought to trial, sentenced to death but was reprieved. He spent the rest of his life imprisoned in the Tower of London.

23	Humphrey Edwards	Dead	Died in 1658

24	Daniel Blagrave	Alive	Fled to Aachen—now in Germany—where he probably died in 1668

25	Owen Rowe	Alive	Brought to trial, sentenced to death, but died in the Tower of London in December 1661 while awaiting execution.

26	William Purefoy	Dead	Died in 1659

27	Adrian Scrope	Alive	Tried, found guilty: hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660

28	James Temple	Alive	Brought to trial, sentenced to life imprisonment on Jersey; he is reported to have died there on 17 February 1680.

29	Augustine Garland	Alive	Brought to trial, his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He died in or after 1677.

30	Edmund Ludlow	Alive	Surrendered to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and then escaped to the Canton of Bern. Died 1692.

31	Henry Marten	Alive	Tried and found guilty. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in Chepstow Castle in 1680.

32	Vincent Potter	Alive	Brought to trial, he received the death sentence but it was not carried out; he died in the Tower of London, probably in 1661.

33	Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet	Dead	Died in 1655. His body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and reburied in a communal burial pit.

34	Sir Richard Ingoldsby	Alive	Pardoned. Died 1685.

35	William Cawley	Alive	Escaped to Switzerland, where he died in 1667

36	John Barkstead	Alive	Arrested by the English ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir George Downing, extradited and executed in 1662

37	Isaac Ewer	Dead	Died in 1650 or 1651

38	John Dixwell	Alive	Believed dead in England, he fled to the Dominion of New England, where he died in 1689 under an assumed name.

39	Valentine Walton	Alive	Escaped to Germany after being condemned as a regicide. Died 1661.

40	Simon Mayne	Alive	Tried and sentenced to death, he died in the Tower of London in 1661 before his appeal could be heard.

41	Thomas Horton	Dead	Died of dysentery in 1649 while serving with Cromwell in the conquest of Ireland

42	John Jones Maesygarnedd	Alive	Tried, found guilty: hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660

43	John Moore	Dead	In 1649 Moore fought in Ireland against the Marquess of Ormonde and became Governor of Dublin, dying of a fever there in 1650.

44	Gilbert Millington	Alive	Tried and sentenced to death, but sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Millington spent his final years in Jersey and died in 1666.

45	George Fleetwood	Alive	Brought to trial and sentenced to imprisonment in the Tower of London. He may have been transported to Tangier.

46	John Alured	Dead	Died in 1651

47	Robert Lilburne	Alive	Tried in October 1660 and sentenced to death, although this was later commuted to life imprisonment. Died in prison in August 1665.

48	William Say	Alive	Escaped to Switzerland. Died 1666.

49	Anthony Stapley	Dead	Died in 1655

50	Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet	Dead	Died 1652

51	Thomas Chaloner	Alive	Excluded from pardon and escaped to the Continent. In 1661, he died at Middelburg in the Netherlands.

52	Thomas Wogan	Alive	Held at York Castle until 1664 when he escaped to the Netherlands

53	John Venn	Dead	Died in 1650

54	Gregory Clement	Alive	Went into hiding, he was captured, tried and found guilty. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660.

55	John Downes	Alive	Tried, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Died 1666.

56	Thomas Waite	Alive	Tried, found guilty of regicide, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Died 1688 Jersey

57	Thomas Scot	Alive	Fled to Brussels, returned to England, was tried, found guilty; and hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660.

58	John Carew	Alive	Joined Fifth Monarchists. Tried, found guilty; and hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 15 October 1660.

59	Miles Corbet	Alive	Fled to the Netherlands; arrested by the English ambassador to the Netherlands Sir George Downing; extradited; tried; found guilty; and was hanged, drawn and quartered on 19 April 1662.

Sentence(s)

John Hewson (died 1662) signed the death warrant of Charles I, making him a regicide.

final_sentence: John Hewson (died 1662) signed the death warrant of Charles I, making him a regicide.