page_title: List of regicides of Charles I
section_title: Commissioners who signed the death warrant
hierarchical_section_title: List of regicides of Charles I / Regicides / Commissioners who signed the death warrant
caption_attribution_description: English: Anonymously printed Dutch pamphlet attacking the beheading of Charles I, showing Oliver Cromwell with a fox at his shoulder
context_page_description: Following the trial of Charles I in January 1649, 59 commissioners signed his death warrant. They, along with several key associates and numerous court officials, were the subject of punishment following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 with the coronation of Charles II. Charles I's trial and execution had followed the second English Civil War in which his supporters, Royalist "Cavaliers", were opposed by the Parliamentarian "Roundheads", led by Oliver Cromwell.
  With the return of Charles II, Parliament passed the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, which granted amnesty to those guilty of most crimes committed during the Civil War and the Interregnum. Of those who had been involved in the trial and execution, 104 were specifically excluded from reprieve, although 24 had already died, including Cromwell, John Bradshaw, and Henry Ireton. They were given a posthumous execution: their remains were exhumed, and they were hanged and beheaded, and their bodies cast into a pit below the gallows. Their heads were placed on spikes at the end of Westminster Hall. Several others were hanged, drawn and quartered, while 19 were imprisoned for life.
context_section_description: In the order in which they signed the death warrant, the Commissioners were:
caption: Anonymously printed Dutch pamphlet attacking the beheading of Charles I, showing Oliver Cromwell with a fox at his shoulder
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