John Bourchier (regicide) King Henry VIII; Charles I was a great-great-grandson of Margaret Tudor-a sister of King Henry VIII. He was the great-great-great-grandson of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, who was known as the "Kingmaker" for helping to place both Edward IV and Henry VI upon the throne during the War of the Roses. John Bourchier (regicide) Sir John Bourchier or Bourcher (c. 1595 – August 1660) was an English parliamentarian, Puritan and one of the regicides of King Charles I. John Bourchier was the son of William Bourchier of Beningbrough and grandson of Sir Ralph Bourchier. He was probably educated at
Edward Dendy (regicide) Edward Dendy (regicide) Edward Dendy (bap. 1613–1674) was a regicide who helped to facilitate the trial of Charles I. Dendy was the son of Edward Dendy, serjeant-at-arms. Dendy inherited his fathers position and served as serjeant-at-arms in the Long Parliament and for the Rump. On 8 January 1649 Dendy as serjeant-at-arms for the Rump Parliament proclaimed that the trial of Charles I would take place in London, and was rewarded on 27 March the same year with the post of serjeant-at-arms for the Council of State. During the Interregnum he served the new regime in various roles and it was