Individual Details
Gregory Clement
(1594 - 17 Oct 1660)
Gregory CLEMENT was referred to as "the regicide" in the Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume 2, pg. 537. A regicide is a person who kills, or is responsible for the killing of a king, especially of his own country.
He supported Parliament on the outbreak of civil war, invested heavily in the Adventurers' Company, in exchange for land in Ireland.
In July 1648, CLEMENT was elected recruiter MP for Fowey in Cornwall, England. He spent little time in Parliament, but opposed continuing negotiations with King Charles I after the Second Civil War so was allowed to retain his seat at Pride's Purge. In January 1649, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice and signed the King's death warrant (King Charles I was beheaded on 30 Jan 1649). [There is a mystery regarding Clement's signature on the death warrant, which seems to have been written over a previous signature that was erased.]
CLEMENT was active on various parliamentary committees during the Commonwealth, and also involved in the sale of lands formerly belonging to the Crown and the Church, personally acquiring property in Kent and Wiltshire. In May 1652, he was discharged from the House of Commons. Ostensibly, this was the result of a scandal that arose from his being discovered in bed with a maidservant, but his dismissal was probably maneuvered by Thomas Harrison and other political opponents among the Saints. CLEMENT withdrew from public life.
At the Restoration, he went into hiding to avoid arrest as a regicide, but was discovered and brought to trial in October 1660. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660.
Taken from: Gregory Clement, J. T. Peacey, Oxford DNB, England, 2004;
and: Biography of Gregory Clement, British Civil Wars and
Commonwealth [website: http://british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/
clement.htm], David Plant, 2005.
He supported Parliament on the outbreak of civil war, invested heavily in the Adventurers' Company, in exchange for land in Ireland.
In July 1648, CLEMENT was elected recruiter MP for Fowey in Cornwall, England. He spent little time in Parliament, but opposed continuing negotiations with King Charles I after the Second Civil War so was allowed to retain his seat at Pride's Purge. In January 1649, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice and signed the King's death warrant (King Charles I was beheaded on 30 Jan 1649). [There is a mystery regarding Clement's signature on the death warrant, which seems to have been written over a previous signature that was erased.]
CLEMENT was active on various parliamentary committees during the Commonwealth, and also involved in the sale of lands formerly belonging to the Crown and the Church, personally acquiring property in Kent and Wiltshire. In May 1652, he was discharged from the House of Commons. Ostensibly, this was the result of a scandal that arose from his being discovered in bed with a maidservant, but his dismissal was probably maneuvered by Thomas Harrison and other political opponents among the Saints. CLEMENT withdrew from public life.
At the Restoration, he went into hiding to avoid arrest as a regicide, but was discovered and brought to trial in October 1660. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660.
Taken from: Gregory Clement, J. T. Peacey, Oxford DNB, England, 2004;
and: Biography of Gregory Clement, British Civil Wars and
Commonwealth [website: http://british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/
clement.htm], David Plant, 2005.
Events
| Birth | 1594 | England |  | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1614 and 1630 | merchant for the East India Company - India |  | | |
| Occupation | Aft 1630 | successful trader with New England while living - London, England | | ||
| Death | 17 Oct 1660 | hanged, drawn and quartered - Charing Cross, Westminster, London, England | |
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Occupation
He was dismissed from the East India Company in 1630 for engaging in illegal trading practices.Endnotes
1. J. T. Peacey, Gregory Clement (Oxford, England: Oxford DNB, 2004).
2. J. T. Peacey, Gregory Clement (Oxford, England: Oxford DNB, 2004).
3. J. T. Peacey, Gregory Clement (Oxford, England: Oxford DNB, 2004).
4. J. T. Peacey, Gregory Clement (Oxford, England: Oxford DNB, 2004).