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Richard Brandon (died 20 June 1649) was a 17th-century English hangman who inherited his role from his father Gregory Brandon and was sometimes known as "Young Gregory". Richard Brandon is often named as the executioner of King Charles I. ==Biography== Brandon was the Common Hangman of London in 1649 and he is frequently cited as the man who executed the death warrant of King Charles I by beheading the King on 30 January 1649, although the precise identity of the executioner is unknown. It is known, however, that when originally approached, Brandon refused to do the job, although he might later have accepted under threat. A pamphlet purporting to be a confession by Brandon was published posthumously, in which it is stated that he received £30 for performing the execution, which was given to him 'all in half crowns'.〔(The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction; Vol. 10, Issue 273 ), 15 September 1827, archived at Project Gutenberg〕 The register of St Mary Matfelon, the parish church of Whitechapel, records "1649. June 2. Richard Brandon, a man out of Rosemary Lane." And to this is added the following memorandum: "This R. Brandon is supposed to have cut off the head of Charles I".〔(Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, 1881 ) accessed 8 February 2007〕 This Brandon was the son of Gregory Brandon, and claimed the headman's axe by inheritance – he was even known as "Young Gregory". The first person he had beheaded was the Earl of Strafford, on the orders of Charles I.〔 ''Rosemary Lane'' is the modern ''Royal Mint Street''.〔(Rosemary Lane (now Royal Mint Street) ), St. George-in-the-East Church〕 Gregory Brandon was said to be the illegitimate grandson or great grandson of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk,〔although the account refers to "the headsman who executed Charles I" which was Richard〕 whose However an ancestry of Richard Brandon from the Duke of Suffolk's illegitimate son Charles is highly unlikely. Charles Brandon died in 1551, eight years before Elizabeth I's accession to the throne, and therefore cannot be identical with the Charles Brandon who was this Queen's jeweller.〔H C G Matthew at al.: ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, from the earliest times to the year 2000'', Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2004, Entry on Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Brandon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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