![]() Around 50 of these refused and others withdrew after proceedings had begun. As the Lords refused to sanction the trial the Commons declared itself the supreme authority and a High Court of Justice was convened.ġ35 commissioners were appointed to sit in judgement of the King. The ‘Long Parliament’ consisted of those that refused to dissolve on the orders of Charles. ![]() He had been put on trial on January 1 st by the ‘Rump Parliament’, those MPs remaining after Colonel Pride had purged members of the “Long Parliament’ who did not agree with putting the King on trial. This was the block on which Charles I, King of England, was going to be executed for crimes against the people of England treason. The platform had been covered with a black cloth. A scaffold had been erected in Whitehall. It was a bitterly cold Tuesday, 30 th January. ![]()
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