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The Complete Peerage article on John Lord Lisle
(Vol IV, Appx G, p.622)
"JOHN LISLE, Regicide, of Moyles Court. Ellingham, Southants, s. and h. of
Sir William L., of Wooton, Isle of Wight, by Bridget, da. of Sir John
Hungerford, of Down Ampney, co Gloucester; b.1609; matric at Oxford (Magd
Hall) 25 Jan 1625/6; admitted Middle Temple 11 May 1626; called to the Bar
1633; Bencher 9 Feb 1648/9; Gov of Westminster School 26 Sep 1649. MP for
Winchester 10 Mar 1639/40; again, in the Long Parl., 27 Oct 1640, and for
Southampton 12 July 1654. He was a violent anti-royalist, and active
promoter of the King's trial, and drafted the sentence. He was present in
Westminster Hall, 27 Jan 1648/9, when the sentence was pronounced, though
he did not sign the death-warrant. Councillor of State 14 Feb 1648/9, 13
Feb 1649/50, 13 Feb 1650/1, and 24 Nov 1652; member of the LORD PROTECTOR's
Council, with a salary of £1,000 per ann., 16 Dec 1653; Lord
Commissioner of the Great Seal with a further £1,000 per ann.,
8 Feb 1648/9, 15 June 1655 and 22 Jan 1658/9; and a member of the High Court
of Justice, in which Sir Henry Slingsby and other royalists were condemned,
21 Nov 1653; President thereof 1654. He was sum. to the OTHER HOUSE, 10
Dec 1657, and took his seat, as "JOHN LORD LISLE," 20 Jan 1657/8. He was
app. Commissioner of the Navy 28 Jan 1659/60. At the Restoration he was
absolutely excepted from the Act of Indemnity, 29 Aug 1660, and
attainted, but fled to Switzerland, where he was assassinated by
Thomas MacDowell, 11 Aug 1664. He m., 27 Oct 1636, at Ellingham afsd.,
Alice, 1st da. and coh. of Sir White BECKONSHAW, of Moyles Court
afsd., by Edith 1st da. and coh. of William BOND, of Blackmanston, Dorset.
His widow was tried on a charge of High Treason, sentenced to death by Judge
Jeffreys, 28 Aug and beheaded 2 Sep 1685, in the market-place at Winchester
aged 70."
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