Three pamphlets of 1649, published shortly after Brandon's death, claimed to reveal him as the executioner of Charles I, though their authenticity is disputable. These were: "The Last Will and Testament of Richard Brandon, Esquire, headsman and hangman to the Pretended Parliament,"; "The Confession of Richard Brandon, the Hangman," 1649; and, "A Dialogue, or a Dispute between the Late Hangman and Death". The most notable of these tracts, "The Confession of Richard Brandon", claimed to be a deathbed confession of Richard Brandon, but it is now regarded as a forgery, and apparently received little attention in its time. This tract claimed that Brandon had been paid £30 for his actions and returned home from the executioner under cover of night, at 6 o'clock.