Mayne (Simon) [Son of Regicide Simon Mayne]

Handwritten receipt for the sum of 9 pounds, 7 shillings and 6 pennies, compiled in secretarial hand and signed at close by Simon Mayne, one page, some browning and foxing, 11 October 1677, mounted framed and glazed, overall size 23 x 29.5cm.

***Mayne's father, also names Simon, was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. In January 1649, as a judge of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was 40th of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the monarch. After the Restoration, he was tried and sentenced to death, he died in the Tower of London in 1661 before his appeal could be heard.