Daniel Axtell
British grocer and executed radical / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colonel Daniel Axtell, [1] c. 1622 to 19 October 1660, was a grocer and religious radical from Hertfordshire who served with the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was in charge of security during the Trial of Charles I at Westminster Hall in January 1649, and as a result was excluded from the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion after the 1660 Stuart Restoration. He was hanged, drawn and quartered for treason on 19 October 1660.
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Daniel Axtell | |
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Born | 1622[citation needed] Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England |
Died | 19 October 1660(1660-10-19) (aged 37–38) Tyburn, London |
Resting place | His Head Set Up on Westminster Hall |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, Cromwellian, Roundhead |
Known for | Pride's Purge, Regicide |
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