rapes, S. and impri-G. Millington,

foned during life:

I. Lifle,

W. Say,

V. Walton,

V. Potter,

T. Morgan,

J. Downes.Condemned and in the Tower."

Here are given the name of fixty-nine perfons; twen ty-fix of whom are dead; five degraded; nineteen fled, and nineteen in the Tower. Most of these were King Charles's Judges, as the following Ordinance and War rant for his execution, with the fignatures, will fhew. In the above, probably Peckham fhould be Pelham. Barksd. Okey, and Corbet, were afterwards taken and executed, 1662. Morgan was not in the Tower. Phelps is Philips.

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Ordinance for trying the King, made January 6, 1649.

"WHEREAS it is notorions that CHARLES STUART, how King of England, not content with these many encroachments which his predeceffors had made on the people in their rights and freedoms, has had a wicked defign totally to fubvert the ancient and fundamental laws and liberties of this nation, and in their ftead to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government; and that besides all other evil ways and means to bring this defign to pafs, he has profecuted it with fire and fword, levying and maintaining a crued war against the Parliament and kingdom, whereby the country has been miferably wafted, the public treasure exhaufted, trade decayed, thousands of people murdered, and infinite other mifchiefs committed; for all which high and treafonable offences the faid Charles Stuart might long fince justly been brought to exemplary and condign punishment: whereas alfo the Parliament, well hoping that the imprisonment of his perfon, after it had pleafed God to deliver him into their hands, would have quieted the distempers of the kingdom, forbore to proceed judicially against him; but found by fad experience that their remiffnefs ferved only to encourage him and his accomplices in the continuance of their evil practices, and in raifing new commotions, rebellions and invafions. For preventing therefore the like or greater inconveniences, and to the end no chief officer or magiftrate whatever may hereafter prefume

traitorously and maliciously to imagine or contrive the enflaving or deftroying the English Nation, and to expect impunity for fo doing; It is hereby ordained and enacted by the Commons in Parliament, that Thomas Ld. Fairfax, O. Cromwell, Henry Ireton, Efqrs. Sir H. Waller, Philip Skippon, Val. Walton, Thomas Harrifon, Edward Whalley, Thomas Pride, Ifaac Ewer. R. Ingoldíby, Mildmay, Efqrs. Thomas HoHeywood, Thomas Ld. Grey of Grooby, Philip Ld. Lille, William Ld. Mounfon, Sir John Danvers, Sir Thomas Maleverer, Bart. Sir John Bourcheir, Sir James Harrington, Sir William Alenfon, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir Thomas Wroth, Knts. Sir William Mafham, Sir J. Barrington, Sir William Brereton, Barts. Robart Wallop, William Haveningham, Efqrs. Ifaac Pennington, Thomas Atkins, Bowl Wilfon, aldermen of London, Sir P. Wentworth, Knt. of the Bath, Henry Martin, William Purefoy, Godfrey Rosvil, John Trenchard, H. Morley, John Barkstead, Mat. Chomlinfon, John Blackifton, Gilb. Millington, Efqrs. Sir William Conftable, Bart. Edmond Ludlow, John Lambert, John Hutchinfon, Efqrs. Sir A. Haflerig, Sir Michael Livefey, Bart. Richard Salway, H. Salvay, Robert Titchburn, Owen Roe, Robert Manwaring, Robert Silburn, Adr. Scroop, Richard Dean, John Okey, Robert Overton, John Hewfon, John Defborow, William Goffe, Robert Duckenfield, Cornelius Holland, John Careu, Efqrs. Sir William Armyn, Bart. John Jones, Miles Corbet, F. Allen, Thomas Lifter, Benjamin Wefton, P. Pelham, J. Gourdon, Efqrs. Fr. Throp, ferjeant at law, John Nut, Thomas Chaloner, Algernon Sidney, John Anlaby, John Mare, R. Darley, William Say, John Alured, John Flagg, James Nelthorp, Efqrs. Sir William Roberts, F. Laifels, Alexander Rigby, Henry Smith, Edmund Wild, James Chaloner, Jofias Berners, D. Bond, Humphrey Edwards, Greg. Clement, John Fry, Thomas Wogan, Efq. Sir Greg. Norton, Bart. John Bradshaw, ferjeaut

at law, Edm. Hervey, J. Dove, J. Ven, Efqrs. J. Fowles, Thomas. Andrews, aldermen of London, Thomas Scott, William Cawley, Abr. Burrel, Ant. Stapeley, Ro. Gratwick, J. Downs, Thomas Horton, Thomas Hammond, Geo. Fenwick, Efqrs. Robert Nicolas, ferj. at law, Robert Reynolds, John Lifle, Nic. Love, Vinc. Potter, Efqrs. Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bart. John Weaver, Rog. Hill, John Lenthall, Efqrs. Sir Edward Bainton, John Corbet, Thomas Blunt, Thomas Boone, Aug. Garland, Aug. Skinner, John Dixwell, George Fleetwood, Sim. Mayne, James Temple, Peter Temple. Daniel Blagrove, Efqrs. Sir Peter Temple, Bart. Thomas Wayte, John Brown, John Lowry, Efqrs. are hereby appointed and required to be Commiffioners and Judges for hearing, trying, and adjudging the faid Charles Stuart. And the faid Commiffioners, or any twenty or more of them, are authorized and conftituted a High Court of Juftice, to meet and fit at fuch convenient time and place, as by the faid Commiffioners, or the major part of twenty or more of them, under their hands and feals fhall be notified by public proclamation in the Great Hall, or Palace Yard at Westminster, and to adjourn from time to time, and from place to place, as the faid High Court, or major part thereof, fhall hold fit: and to take order for charging him, the faid Charles Stuart, with the crimes and treafons above mentioned; and for receiving his perfonal anfwer thereto; and for examining witneffes upon oath, which the Court has hereby authority to adminifter, and taking any other evidence concerning the fame: and thereupon, or in default of fach anfwer, to proceed to final fentence, according to juftice and the merit of the cause, and fuch final fentence to execution, or caufe to be executed, fpeedily and impartially. And the faid Court is hereby authorized and required to appoint and direct all fuch officers, attendants, and other circumftances, as they, or the major part of them, fhall in any fort

judge neceffary or ufeful for the orderly and good ma naging the premifes. And Thomas Ld. Fairfax, the General, and all officers and foldiers under his command, and all officers of juftice, and other well affected perfons, are hereby authorised and required to be aiding and affifting to the faid Court, in the due execution of the truft hereby committed. Provided that this act, and the authority hereby granted, continue in forceoire month from the making hereof, and no longer."

[Rufhworth's Collection. Vol. 6. 562.

At the High Court of Justice for the trying of Charles Stuart, King of England, January 29th A. D. 1648.

Whereas Charles Stuart, King of England, is and ftandeth convicted, attainted, and condemned of high treafon and other high crimes, and fentence was pronounced against him by this Court, to be put to death by the fevering of his head from his body, of which fen tence execution yet remaineih to be done: Thefe are therefore to will and require you to fee the faid fentence executed, in the open street before Whitehall, upon the morrow, being the thirtieth day of this inftant, month of January, between the hours of ten in the morning and five in the afternoon of the fame day, with full effect. And for fo doing, this fhall be your fufficient warrant. And thefe are to require all officers and foldiers, and other the good people of this nation of England to be affifting unto this fervice. Given under our hands and feals.

To Colonel Francis Hacker, Colonel Huncks,

and Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre, and to

every of them.