William Hewlett

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On 30 January 1649, Captain William Hewlett was the officer in charge of the soldiers at the execution of Charles I.^[1]

After the Restoration, Captain Hewlett was convicted on 15 October 1660 for his part in the regicide of Charles I on January 30, 1649, but was not executed along with the other men who were tried with him: Daniel Axtel and Francis Hacker.

[edit] Further reading

• Excerpts from "The Tryal of William Howlet" (William Hewlet alias Howlet) also spelt Hulet

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Hewlett Genealogy sourced from a book by the Reverend William King (Vicar of Astley 1947-1973), titled "Bells and Pomegranates"

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Annotations

• N JWB on Tue 21 Mar 2006, 12:52am

  William Hulet, alias Howlet, hold up thy hand, thou art in the same condition, what canst thou say for thy self why Judgment, etc.

  Hulet. Truly my Lord, I have little further to say, If you had been pleased to give me further time, I should have cleared myself, I call God above to witness upon this account, that I am as clear as any man, I submit to the mercy of the Court.

  http://www.axtellfamily.org/axfamous/regicide/DanielAxtellTrial1660.htm

References in the diary

1663

Mar: 20