execution of sir charles lucas and sir george lisle Sir Charles Lucas (1613–28 August 1648) was an English soldier, a Royalist c
Sir Charles Lucas (1613–28 August 1648) was an English soldier, a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. George Lisle (c. 1610 - August 29, 1648), was a Royalist leader in the English Civil War. Lisle's execution without trial, following the siege of Colchester, came to be regarded as a serious miscarriage of justice and Lisle himself was seen as a martyr to the Royalist cause. During the Second English Civil War he broke this promise when he took a prominent part in the seizure of Colchester in 1648. After a three month siege, the town surrendered to Fairfax on 28 August. The royalist officers surrendered "at mercy"; Fairfax’s council of war voted to execute Lucas, Sir George Lisle and Sir Bernard Gascoigne as an example to others. There was no formal court-martial. Lucas and Lisle were shot the same evening at Colchester Castle. Gascoigne was reprieved at the last minute, after it was discovered that he was an Italian, and it was feared that English subjects in Italy might suffer in retaliation for his death. The summary executions of Lucas and Lisle without trial (and, many people argued, without sound military justification), were considered an outrage. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 the deaths were openly spoken of as murder. Lucas and Lisle rapidly became martyrs for the Royalist cause. By way of reparation, Lucas was awarded a posthumous peerage in 1666.
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