Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 The Morning Stars of the Regicide John Alured John Moore John Blakiston James Temple Peregrine Pelham 1
Chapter 2 The Main Regicide Henry Ireton 15
Chapter 3 The Gentry Soldiers Oliver Cromwell Richard Deane John Okey 27
Chapter 4 The Brewer, the Servant and the Cobbler? Thomas Pride Isaac Ewer John Hewson 39
Chapter 5 The Metropolitan Militia Men John Barkstead Robert Tichborne Owen Rowe John Venn 52
Chapter 6 Turning Point, 1648 Thomas Waite Thomas Norton Thomas Wogan 66
Chapter 7 The Main Lawyer John Bradshaw 73
Chapter 8 Two Regicide Lawyers William Say Augustine Garland 79
Chapter 9 The Main Republican Henry Marten 85
Chapter 10 The Regicide Republicans Thomas Chaloner Thomas Scot Valentine Walton 90
Chapter 11 Two Well Documented Men? Edmund Ludlow John Hutchinson 99
Chapter 12 The Main Fanatic Thomas Harrison 113
Chapter 13 Three Fanatics John Carew John Jones Thomas Grey 121
Chapter 14 The Main Cromwellians Edward Whalley William Goffe 130
Chapter 15 The Cromwellians Robert Lilburne William Constable John Dixwell Anthony Stapley 136
Chapter 16 The Committee Men William Purefoy Vincent Potter Miles Corbet 148
Chapter 17 Unprincipled, Choleric, Malcontents? Thomas Mauleverer John Bouchier 158
Chapter 18 Mostly About the Money? Humphrey Edwards Gregory Norton John Downes Daniel Blagrave William Cawley 163
Chapter 19 Adulterers and Cowards Gilbert Millington Michael Livesey Peter Temple Gregory Clement 171
Chapter 20 Suspect Motivations John Danvers Simon Mayne 178
Chapter 21 The Strained Quality of Mercy Richard Ingoldsby Adrian Scrope 182
Chapter 22 Reluctant to Kill, or Just Reluctant to Die? Hardress Waller Henry Smith George Fleetwood 190
Conclusion 197
Bibliography 199
Notes 202
Index 207