Thomas Wogan
Thomas Wogan (born circa 1620) was a
.Biography
Wogan was the son of
An enthusiastic supporter of the army, he was appointed a commissioner of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles. He attended every day and in January 1649, was 52nd of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King.[1]
During the interregnum he received the residue of his back pay as a grant of lands in Ireland, but was not an active member of the Rump and as a Commonwealth-man may have opposed the Protectorate.[1]
After the
Family
There is no evidence that Wogan was married, and the legend of his return and death in Wales may be apocryphal. However, in 1669 a woman was jailed "for attempting to raise money for him in his home county of Pembrokeshire".[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Peacey 2004.
- ^ a b Porter 1900, p. 288.
- ^ Porter 1900, p. 288 cites Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1666–7, p. 156.
References
- Peacey, J. T. (2004). "Wogan, Thomas (b. c.1620, d. in or after 1669". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29825. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Porter, Bertha (1900). "Wogan, Thomas". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 288. Endnotes:
- Noble's Lives of the Regicides, p. 337;
- Official List of M.P.'s, i. 498;
- Hist. MSS. Comm. 6th Rep. p. 154;
- Nalson's Trial of Charles I, passim;
- Commons' Journal, v. 86, 230, 519, 566, 608, vi. 156, 568, vii. 119, 129, viii. 61, 75, 139;
- Cal. of State Papers, Dom. 1651;
- Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. iii. 25;
- Masson's Milton, iii. 720, v. 454, vi. 28, 44, 49, 54, 94, 45 n.
Further reading
- Plant, David (30 July 2005). "Biography of Thomas Wogan". BCW Project. Retrieved 6 September 2015.