John Hewson - Colonel, parliamentarian, regicide

Colonel John Hewson (Hughson) (-1662) - A shoemaker who rose to rank of general in Cromwell's army and was a soldier in the New Model Army. In 1648, Hewson played a key role in Pride's Purge and the Army's occupation of London. In 1649, he signed the death warrant of King Charles I, making him a regicide. He escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile

Bones Chains Hewson Parliamentarian Purge Regicide Seventeenth Shoemaker

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