Bradshaw became an eminent judge and on 10th January 1649 was appointed lord president of the high court of justice set up to preside at the trial of King Charles I (who was beheaded in Whitehall on ...

John Bradshaw delivers an epic oration ... On a freezing, bleak January day, King Charles I was killed and a republic was born. But did he die as a murderer or as a martyr?

Over the next three days, the king and the lord president, John Bradshaw, become embroiled in a battle of wills. Is it Charles’s arrogance that leads him to refuse to accept the authority of the ...