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Alleged to have been the executioner of Charles 1st!

'1700 - At the door of the chancel, in 1700, was buried William Walker of Darnall (a village about 3 m. from Sheffield), who is supposed (with whatever truth) to have been the executioner of Charles I. Walker was a person of considerable standing in the neighbourhood, and ...At the door of the chancel, in 1700, was buried William Walker of Darnall (a village about 3 m. from Sheffield), who is supposed (with whatever truth) to have been the executioner of Charles I. Walker was a person of considerable standing in the neighbourhood, and was at all events a violent republican, and the author of a book entitled " Vindicire contra Tyrannos." '

from Handbook of Yorkshire

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Alleged to have been the executioner of Charles 1st!

'1700 - At the door of the chancel, in 1700, was buried William Walker of Darnall (a village about 3 m. from Sheffield), who is supposed (with whatever truth) to have been the executioner of Charles I. Walker was a person of considerable standing in the neighbourhood, and was at all events a violent republican, and the author of a book entitled " Vindicire contra Tyrannos." '

from Handbook of Yorkshire

He wasn't the author; he was the translator. It was written in Latin (Junius Brutus) and French (Hubert Languet) though, as I'm sure you know Dunsby, it resembles Hotman's Frano Gallia and Languet's work is probably only an enlargement of Beza's work De Jure Magistruum.

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Wasn't Beza one of the Happy Mondays ?

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He wasn't the author; he was the translator. It was written in Latin (Junius Brutus) and French (Hubert Languet) though, as I'm sure you know Dunsby, it resembles Hotman's Frano Gallia and Languet's work is probably only an enlargement of Beza's work De Jure Magistruum.

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Wasn't Beza one of the Happy Mondays ?

I've only read the bit in Latin Watch out Bez is on the run from the old bill at the moment!

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