January, 1645
[9 January, 1644/5.]
Whereas William Archbishop of Canterbury stands adjudged
attainted of High Treason, by Ordinance of both Houses of
Parliament, and is thereby to suffer the Pains of Death, as a
Person attainted of High Treason should or ought to do: It is
now Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That as touching his Corporal Punishment, the Head only
of the said Archbishop shall be cut off, at the Tower Hill, at the
accustomed Place there used for such Purpose; and that afterwards his Head and Body shall be delivered unto his Servants,
or some of them, to be by their Care buried: And it is hereby
further Ordained, That the Lieutenant of the Tower of London
shall, on Friday the Tenth of January, 1644, deliver the Body of
the said Archbishop to the Sheriffs of London, at Tower Hill, in
the accustomed Place; and that the said Sheriffs of London
shall the same Day receive and execute the said Archbishop, at
the accustomed Place at Tower Hill aforesaid, in such Sort,
Manner, and Form only, as by this Ordinance is appointed and
declared: And this present Ordinance shall be a sufficient
Warrant and Discharge to the said Lieutenant of the Tower and
Sheriffs of London, and every of them, in that Behalf; any
Thing in the said former Ordinance, or any other Ordinance or
Order of both or either House of Parliament, or any other
Matter or Thing Whatsoever, to the contrary notwithstanding.