(81) Oliver St John, member for Totness, and Lord Chief Justice of
the Common Pleas.
(82) John Wilde, one of the members for Worcestershire. In
Cromwell's last Parliament he represented Droitwich, and was made
by the Protector "Lord Chief Baron of the Public Exchequer."
(83) Sir Henry Slingsby and Dr Hewet were executed for treason
against the government of Oliver Cromwell in 1658. Colonel John
Gerard was brought to the block at the beginning of the
Protectorate, in 1654, for being engaged in a plot to assassinate
Cromwell.
(84) John Lord Lisle represented Yarmouth in the Long Parliament.
He sat for Kent in the Parliament of 1653, and was afterwards a
member of Cromwell's "other House," and held the office of Lord
Commissioner of the Great Seal. He was president of the High
Courts of Justice which tried Gerard, Slingsby, and Hewet.
(85) Nathaniel Fiennes, member for Banbury. In the Parliament of
1654 he represented Oxfordshire. He was afterwards, as Nathaniel
Lord Fiennes, a member of Cromwell's "other House." Fiennes was
accused of cowardice in surrendering Bristol (of which he was
governor) to Prince Rupert, somewhat hastily, in 1643. His father,
Lord Say and Sele, opposing Cromwell, was obliged to retire to the
Isle of Lundy.
(86) John Lord Glynn, member of Cromwell's "other House," was
"Chief Justice assigned to hold pleas in the Upper Bench.
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