Part of the challenge in enacting a peaceful restoration of
Charles II came in deciding how broad the net of pardons could be
spread. In the Declaration of Breda two weeks earlier, Charles had
promised that actions carried out by soldiers under orders would be
pardoned. On 14 May, however, the Convention Parliament made the
decision to exempt the regicides - those who had voted for the
execution of Charles I in 1649 - from the general pardon, and
ordered their arrest.
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