Peter Temple (regicide)
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Peter Temple was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
between 1645 and 1653. He was one of the Regicide
s of King Charles I of England
.
Temple of Temple Hall was a member of the county association for defence in 1642. He was a captain of horse and accused of cowardice at Leicester in 1645. He was elected Member of Parliament
for Leicester
in 1645 for the Long Parliament
as replacement for a Royalist
and remained in the Rump Parliament
after Pride's Purge
until 1653.
Temple signed Charles I's death-warrant in 1649. At the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 he was excepted from the Act of Oblivion his estate was confiscated and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London until his death.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
between 1645 and 1653. He was one of the Regicide
Regicide
The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a monarch. In a narrower sense, in the British tradition, it refers to the judicial execution of a king after a trial...
s of King Charles I of England
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
.
Temple of Temple Hall was a member of the county association for defence in 1642. He was a captain of horse and accused of cowardice at Leicester in 1645. He was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Leicester
Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.-History:...
in 1645 for the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
as replacement for a Royalist
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
and remained in the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
after Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
until 1653.
Temple signed Charles I's death-warrant in 1649. At the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 he was excepted from the Act of Oblivion his estate was confiscated and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London until his death.