Makes perfect sense to me. He was a dictator wasn't he?Audley Strange wrote:Seriously though, Cromwell was tried, exhumed and ritually executed for his crimes against the monarchy during the Restoration.jaydot wrote:audley, re cromwell, do enlarge, if you would.
From thickypedia....
"On 30 January 1661, (symbolically the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I), Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution, as were the remains of Robert Blake, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton. (The body of Cromwell's daughter was allowed to remain buried in the Abbey.) His body was hanged in chains at Tyburn. His disinterred body was thrown into a pit, while his severed head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Hall until 1685."
...not to mention what he got up to in Ireland...