Contents

List of illustrations

Abbreviations and conventions

I. LIVES

1. Introduction

2. Regicides on the run I: Gravesend to Milford

3. Regicides on the run II: Milford to Hartford

II. AFTERLIVES

4. Thomas Hutchinson and the regicides’ rediscovery

5. Ezra Stiles, the regicides, and the American Revolution

6. The spirit of the regicides, liberty, and American national identity

7. The regicides’ revival, rise, and decline

8. Conclusion

Appendix I: dramatis personae

Appendix II: timeline of the movements of Whalley and Goffe

Appendix III: the diary of William Goffe

Appendix IV: the (dis)appearance of John Dixwell

Notes

Bibliography

Picture acknowledgements

Index