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[Warrant for the Beheading of Charles I]
Suptibus Societat. Antiquarić Lond. 1750.
Engraving. 660 x 445mm. (26 x 17 ˝") Cut within platemark on bottom edge. Multiple repaired tears, mostly confined to margins. Repaired fold down centre in both directions. Laid on archival paper.
Facsimile of death warrant for Charles I, in memorial frame surmounted by royal monogram. King Charles I (1600 - 1649) was declared guilty on charges of high treason and "other high crimes" at a public session of the High Court of Justice on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death. Fifty-nine of the Commissioners signed the warrant (their seals adjacent to signatures). Charles Stuart was beheaded on Tuesday, 30 January 1649. The warrant records the year 1648, because from the 12th century to 1752, the civil or legal year in England began on 25 March. The execution took place at Whitehall on a scaffold in front of the Banqueting House. Published by Society of Antiquaries of London. The Parliamentary Archives holds the original of Charles I's death warrant.
[Ref: 61516] £220.00
Engraving. 660 x 445mm. (26 x 17 ˝") Cut within platemark on bottom edge. Multiple repaired tears, mostly confined to margins. Repaired fold down centre in both directions. Laid on archival paper.
Facsimile of death warrant for Charles I, in memorial frame surmounted by royal monogram. King Charles I (1600 - 1649) was declared guilty on charges of high treason and "other high crimes" at a public session of the High Court of Justice on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death. Fifty-nine of the Commissioners signed the warrant (their seals adjacent to signatures). Charles Stuart was beheaded on Tuesday, 30 January 1649. The warrant records the year 1648, because from the 12th century to 1752, the civil or legal year in England began on 25 March. The execution took place at Whitehall on a scaffold in front of the Banqueting House. Published by Society of Antiquaries of London. The Parliamentary Archives holds the original of Charles I's death warrant.
[Ref: 61516] £220.00