John Lisle
1610–1664
Regicide judge; assassinated in Lausanne by royalist agents.
Biography
Of Magdalen Hall Oxford and the Middle Temple, Lisle was MP for Winchester and one of the parliamentary commissioners at the High Court of Justice that tried Charles I in January 1649 — he sat next to John Bradshaw and helped draft the king's sentence. He was Commissioner of the Great Seal under the Commonwealth (1649-1659). At the Restoration he was excepted from the Act of Indemnity, fled to Switzerland, and was shot dead by Irish royalist agents on the steps of the Reformed church at Lausanne on 11 August 1664.
Lay Assessor — House of Commons
Parliament seated lay assessors alongside the divines to represent its interest and keep it informed of the Assembly's progress. The ordinance of 1643 named thirty members of the House of Commons as assessors; they could take part in debate but were not among the voting divines, and their attendance was often occasional as the war and parliamentary business pressed on them.