30th-Charles time First executed, 1649.

Charles appeared before Bradshaw's Court only to deny its competence and refused to plead, and it was not until the fifth day of the trial that he was condemned to death as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and enemy of the country. As the trial went on, all save the loud outcries of the soldiers was hushed as Charles passed to receive his doom. Whatever had been the faults and follies of his life, "he nothing common did or mean upon that memorable scene." Two masked executioners awaited the King as he mounted the scaffold. His head fell at the first blow, and as the executioner lifted it to the sight of all a groan of pity and horror burst from the silent crowd.

—Green's History.