Posthumous Execution
On 30 January 1661, following the Restoration of the English monarchy of 1660, Charles II had Ireton's corpse exhumed and mutilated in a posthumous execution, along with those of Cromwell and John Bradshaw in retribution for signing his father's death warrant. The date was symbolic, being the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I.
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