Thomas ChalonerIn some contemporary records, lik
House of Commons Journal Volume 8 9 June 1660
his name is also spelt Thomas Challoner (1595–1661) was an English

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

, commissioner at the trial of

Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...

and signatory to his death warrant. He was born at

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, and was the son of the courtier Sir Thomas Chaloner. In January 1649 he and his younger brother,

James Chaloner James Chaloner (1602–1660) was an English politician on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War, and commissioner at the trial of King Charles I. Biography Chaloner was born in the parish of St Olave Silver Street, London, the f ...

(1602–1660), served as two of the 135 commissioners of the

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that tried King Charles I. Subsequently Thomas Chaloner signed the King's

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, whilst James did not. In 1660, at the

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of the monarchy under Charles II, Chaloner was excluded from the

Indemnity and Oblivion Act The Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 was an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Cha. II c. 11), the long title of which is "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion". This act was a general pardon for everyone who had committe ...

, which gave a general pardon, and escaped to the Continent to avoid a trial for

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. He died at

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in the

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in 1660.

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1595 births 1661 deaths Regicides of Charles I People from Aylesbury Vale {{England-politician-stub