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‘To Kill A King!’ From Execution to Restoration, The Act of Prohibition of 1649

The 29th January 1649 is perhaps the most momentous day in the history of the English Monarchy, for it was on this fateful Monday that the last of the fifty nine of the Commissioners, who had previously sat in judgement at the trial of King Charles I and would now make themselves complicit in his execution, came together in Westminster to sign the death warrant for the execution of the King. Continue reading

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