Regicide

I read of a John Dixwell in a novel.

Mr. Dixwell was born in 1609 near Canterbury . He was MP for Dover and fought in the English Civil War on the side of the parliamentarians . He was one of the judges who condemned Charles I to death.

During the restoration the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion granting pardon to those who supported the Commonwealth and Protectorate. It excluded those who had played a role in the trial and execution of King Charles I . Dixwell was condemned to death.

Mr Dixwell decamped to the New World and ended up in New Haven Connecticut . Along with fellow regicides Edward Whalley and a William Goffe he ended his days hiding in a cave near New Haven.He died in 1689 dreaming of a new revolution in England.

In 1783 the New World obliged with the American War of Independence. The revolution in England was not forthcoming.

A parable of sorts.