CHARLES II EXECUTED THE PERSONS SIGNED THE DEATH WARRANT OF CHARLES I CROMWELL SKELETON WAS HANGED ON OCTOBER 17,1660
CHARLES II EXECUTED THE PERSONS SIGNED THE DEATH WARRANT OF CHARLES I CROMWELL SKELETON WAS HANGED ON OCTOBER 17,1660 Following the trial of Charles I in January 1649, 59 commissioners (judges) signed his death warrant. They, along with the 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 (1660), 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, inclu...