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Thomas the Regicide
“Leicestershire lawyer who fought for Parliament as a captain under Lord Grey. Profited from the sale of the Duke of Buckingham’s lands under the Commonwealth. Arrested at the Restoration and pleaded that he had been forced by Cromwell and Ireton to sit on the High Court of Justice. Sentenced to life imprisonment on Jersey.” The Regicides: 59 Signatories of the King’s death warrant.
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Comment from: celia wait-schroeder [Visitor]
Did this Thomas come to America, and was he the one at Rhode Island?
04/22/09 @ 15:47
Comment from: Sue Waite-Langley [Member] 
No, Thomas the Regicide could not have been the same as Thomas of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Thomas of Portsmouth had arrived in the colonies by the mid 1630s. Thomas the Regicide was one of the regicides who [regicides Latin = king killers], in English history, was one of the judges and court officers responsible for the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649 in England. For more information you can see Encyclopedia.com.
04/22/09 @ 19:54
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