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John Dixwell, alias James Davids ( c. 1607 – 18 March 1689), was an English lawyer, republican politician and regicide. Born in Warwickshire, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he held various administrative positions in Kent on behalf of Parliament, and approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649.
Nov 15, 2022 · Sarah Dixwell Brown is a direct descendant of John Dixwell, one of 59 British judges who sentenced King Charles I to death in 1649. When faced with the prosp...
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Sep 30, 2013 · One of those men was John Dixwell, Dover’s Member of Parliament. John was born about 1607, the younger son of William Dixwell of Coton Hall in Warwickshire. In 1641, his elder brother, Mark Dixwell, succeeded to the estates of their uncle, Sir Basil Dixwell, at Broome Park, near Barham.
Jun 7, 2022 · Regicide in the Family: Finding John Dixwell. Sarah Dixwell Brown. 4.56. 16 ratings7 reviews. In the 1660's three fugitives from justice came to New England to escape being drawn and quartered in London.
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Feb 2, 2023 · That radical was John Dixwell, among the 17th century Englishmen, known as the regicides, who signed the death warrant for King Charles I. Charles had ruled England with a heavy hand, demanding exorbitant taxes and waging two wars. He was tried, convicted and beheaded. But when his son came to power years later, the new king wanted revenge.
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Mar 23, 2015 · John Dixwell was a colonel in the Parliamentary army and a member of four parliaments. When he arrived in New Haven Colony , it had been a staunch Puritan plantation since 1637. Over time it included Milford, Guilford, Stamford and Branford.
Dec 25, 2019 · Only Goffe, Whalley, and John Dixwell —a former member of Parliament—sought refuge among sympathetic Puritans in New England, where, according to Goffe, they hoped “to cleave to...
