Simon MayneAlso known as in contemporary sources as Symon Mayne

) and Symon Meyne
Proclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges
(4 June 1660)) (1612 – 13 April 1661) was a

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and one of the

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s of King

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. Simon was born and lived at Dinton Hall in

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, the son of Simon Mayne Snr and his wife, Colubria the sister of

Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace (1564 – 22 April 1634) of Hurley, Berkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lovelace in 1627. Lov ...

. His father died when he was aged five, leaving him the Dinton Hall estate after the death of his mother (in 1629). He was educated at

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in Oxfordshire at

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and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1630. He married Jane Burgoyne in 1633. After her death in 1641, he married Elizabeth Tow, a widow, with whom he had three sons. In 1645, he was elected as Member of Parliament for

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(and was elected again in 1659). In January 1649, as a judge of the

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at the trial of King Charles, he was 40th of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the monarch. After the

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, he was tried and sentenced to

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, he died in the

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in 1661 before his appeal could be heard. His body was returned to Dinton and buried in the church. The estate was inherited by his son,

Simon Mayne Simon MayneAlso known as in contemporary sources as Symon Mayne) and Symon MeyneProclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges(4 June 1660)) (1612 – 13 April 1661) was a Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I of En ...

, who also represented Aylesbury in Parliament and was a commissioner of victualling under William and Mary.

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