Public Enquiry Into The Execution Of Charles I....

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-16/king-charles-1-trial-and-executed-news-of-the-time/6391990
Quite right too I mean Parliament definitely overshot their authority there.

[Mamyalynne]

What a fabulous tome that would have been to own , I adore old books and printed matter - fascinating.

[anotheoldgit]

Somebodies head should be on the block, that's for sure.

[ToraToraTora]

well we seem to be dragging up everything in the past these days so I thiought this would be a valid case too. Then there's the egg stealing in the Jurassic period

[jim360]

AOG wins this BA competition.

[Jackdaw33]

Until 1870 great use was made of Acts of Attainder which allowed parliament to convict and condemn a man without due process of law. It was Henry VIII's favourite weapon.

[RandyMarsh]

Have you seen the conspiracy theories that say both King Charles I and II and James I of England were actually black?

Fascinating stuff.

[jno]

the regicides were mostly executed, so yes, in those days killing had consequences. They should all have said they were soldiers under a lot of stress.

RandyMarsh, there's been some suggestion - the evidence is limited but not negligible - that a couple of English queens were black

https://erinlawless.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/englands-black-queens/