618:. Under this act most people were granted a general pardon for any crimes that they had committed during the civil war and during the interregnum. However two score of people were exempted from this pardon. The exceptions of certain crimes such as murder (without a licence granted by King or Parliament), piracy, buggery, rape and witchcraft, and people named in the act such as those involved in the regicide of Charles I.
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In 1648, Okey was appointed a commissioner to the High Court of
Justice after the king was declared as having "traitorously and maliciously levyed war against the present parliament and the people therein represented" and set to stand trial. Okey was one of 135 men who were selected and appointed by
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An upsurge of political activism began after the victory in the first civil war. Okey's regiment was not noticeably radical. Increased political activism did, however, give rise to agitation in June 1647. In
December 1647, a loyal address was presented to the commander of the New Model Army,
514:"An Act of the Commons Assembled in Parliament". Okey, along with about 80 others (all of whom were at risk of being labelled as regicides), was actively involved in the case and was present for most of the court's sittings. Moreover, Okey was one of 59 who signed the king's
598:. It was unsuccessful and although only Alured was imprisoned, all three were cashiered from the New Model Army. Okey retired to Bedfordshire, where he had invested heavily in land, and was elected MP for Bedfordshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament of 1659.
554:, Okey filed a petition to parliament regarding a number of religious reforms as a means of spreading the Gospel and reforming what he considered to be a flawed parochial ministry. There is also some evidence to suggest that Okey was involved in the creation of
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Following his prosecution as a regicide, Okey was quoted as stating that his actions and strong commitment to
Congregationalism was "for righteousness and for justice and for the advancement of a godly magistracy and a godly ministry".
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644:, the English ambassador to the Dutch court. The three prisoners were immediately sent to England, and, as they had been previously outlawed, their trial turned entirely on the question of identity.
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The speeches, discourses, and prayers, of Col. John
Barkstead, Col. John Okey, and Mr. Miles Corbet, upon the 19th of April being the day of their suffering at Tyburn
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Some of those who had reason to believe that they would not be included in the general pardon, fled abroad in an attempt to escape royalist retribution. Okey, with
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Durston, ‘Okey, John (bap. 1606, d. 1662)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
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546:"...should magnifie the name of our God that did remember a poore handfull of dispised men, whom they had thought to have swallowed up before them."
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Ede-Borrett, Stephen (2009). "SOME NOTES ON THE RAISING AND ORIGINS OF COLONEL JOHN OKEY'S REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS, MARCH TO JUNE, 1645".
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next to his first wife, but a large crowd had gathered to pay their respects and he was interred within the
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September. During this siege, Okey was briefly taken prisoner, but released after the city surrendered.
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in June 1644, a Parliamentarian defeat which led to the disintegration of
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beliefs; this connection may have led to Okay's appointment as
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cavalry, and subsequently joined the campaign to retake the
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As part of the political compromise that allowed for the
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Durston, Christopher (2004). "Okey, John (1606-1662)".
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Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion
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The Humble Petition of Several Colonels of the Army:
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
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Involvement in the trial and execution of Charles I
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636:, Okey was arrested along with Barkstead and
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887:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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473:. They helped expel Royalist garrisons from
446:in April 1645, which included a regiment of
415:in March. Brooke was related by marriage to
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651:on 19 April 1662; although condemned to be
395:began in August 1642, Okey enlisted in the
311:Despite his friendship with Cromwell, Okey
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578:, drafted by the Leveller and republican
929:Toynbee, Margaret; Young, Peter (1970).
419:, a leading Independent politician with
1003:English politicians convicted of crimes
884:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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840:(1885–1900), Volume 3 (Baker-Beadon),
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838:Dictionary of National Biography
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791:Britain in Revolution: 1625–1660
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383:business in London. A religious
375:Despite claims Okey worked in a
169:(1) Susanna Pearson (1630–1656)
75:January 1659 – May 1659
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608:restoration of the monarchy
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222:Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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893:10.1093/ref:odnb/20666
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357:St Giles-in-the-Fields
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602:Arrest and execution
526:Religious radicalism
292:army throughout the
288:, who served in the
80:Member of Parliament
59:Member of Parliament
499:battle of St Fagans
429:Haselrig's regiment
315:his appointment as
187:Religious radical,
642:Sir George Downing
610:at the end of the
413:Siege of Lichfield
329:Stuart Restoration
308:in January 1649.
227:Siege of Lichfield
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247:St Fagans
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