William Hewlett (regicide)

On 30 January 1649, Captain William Hewlett was the officer in charge of the soldiers at the execution of Charles I.[1]

After the Restoration, Captain Hewlett was convicted on 15 October 1660 for his part in the regicide of Charles I on 30 January 1649, but was not executed along with the other men who were tried with him: Daniel Axtel and Francis Hacker.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hewlett Genealogy sourced from a book by the Reverend William King (Vicar of Astley 1947–1973), titled "Bells and Pomegranates"


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