page_title: William Cawley
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caption_attribution_description: English: Mural monument in Chichester Cathedral to John Cawley (d.1621), thrice Mayor of Chichester, and to his son William Cawley (1602-1667), the regicide. Cawley arms: Sable, a chevron ermine between three swan's heads and necks erased argent beaked or. This memorial was originally in the Church of St Andrew, Oxmarket, damaged in the 1939-45 war, now the Chichester Centre of Arts. Inscription: John Cawley Of the parish of St Andrews, thrice mayor of this city, was buried in this church May 3rd 1621. His son William Cawley was baptized here in 1602. In 1626 he founded the Hospital of St Bartholomew without the North Gate, now used as the workhouse of the City. In 1647 he represented this city in Parliament and in the Disputes which arose in the reign of King Charles. He was one of those who signed the Death Warrant of that unfortunate monarch. Upon the Restoration he was excepted out of the Act of Oblivion. He died at Bruges in Flanders at an advanced age.This is a photo of listed building number 1354261.
context_page_description: William Cawley was a regicide and seventeenth century English politician. He was born in Chichester in 1602, the son of a wealthy brewer, and was educated at Chichester Grammar School, Oxford University and Gray's Inn.
  In 1625, he provided funds for the erection of almshouses on the east side of New Broyle Road. They were intended to provide homes for twelve decayed tradesmen of Chichester. By 1681, there is reference to use of the building as a workhouse.
  Cawley was elected Member of Parliament for Chichester in 1628 and for Midhurst in 1640. In 1649, Cawley was appointed to the High Court of Justice and after attending all the sittings in Westminster Hall signed King Charles I's death warrant. He was appointed to several standing committees including the army committee, the committee for the advance of money, the committee for plundered ministers, and the committee for compounding.
  Cawley was elected to the Council of State in 1651 and again in 1652.
  After the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, Cawley was exempted from pardon and fled abroad first to the Netherlands and then to Switzerland, where he joined fellow regicides Edmund Ludlow and Nicholas Love.
context_section_description: William Cawley (1602 – January 1667) was a regicide and seventeenth century English politician. He was born in Chichester in 1602, the son of a wealthy brewer, and was educated at Chichester Grammar School, Oxford University and Gray's Inn.
  In 1625, he provided funds for the erection of almshouses on the east side of New Broyle Road. They were intended to provide homes for twelve decayed tradesmen of Chichester. By 1681, there is reference to use of the building as a workhouse.
  Cawley was elected Member of Parliament for Chichester in 1628 and for Midhurst in 1640. In 1649, Cawley was appointed to the High Court of Justice and after attending all the sittings in Westminster Hall signed  King Charles I's death warrant. He was appointed to several standing committees including the army committee, the committee for the advance of money, the committee for plundered ministers, and the committee for compounding.
  Cawley was elected to the Council of State in 1651 and again in 1652.
  After the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, Cawley was exempted from pardon and fled abroad first to the Netherlands and then to Switzerland, where he joined fellow regicides Edmund Ludlow and Nicholas Love. Willam Cawley died in Vevey, Switzerland in 1667.
caption: Mural monument in Chichester Cathedral to John Cawley (d.1621), thrice Mayor of Chichester, and to his son William Cawley, the regicide
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