▁Count ies ▁of ▁Nor folk , ▁Su ff olk , ▁Hun ting ton , ▁Cambridge , ▁Lincoln , ▁and ▁the ▁Count ies ▁of ▁the ▁C ities ▁of ▁Nor wich ▁and ▁Lincoln , ▁and ▁within ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁E ly . ▁ ▁November ▁ 1 6 5 3 : ▁An ▁Act ▁For ▁The ▁Est ab lish ing ▁An ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Justice . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁June ▁ 1 6 5 4 , ▁John ▁Ger ard ▁and ▁Peter ▁V ow ell ▁were ▁tried ▁for ▁high ▁tre ason ▁by ▁the ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Justice ▁sitting ▁in ▁West min ster ▁Hall . ▁They ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁assass inate ▁the ▁Lord ▁Prote ctor ▁Oliver ▁C rom well ▁and ▁restore ▁Charles ▁II ▁as ▁king . ▁The ▁plot ters ▁were ▁found ▁guilty ▁and ▁executed . ▁ ▁The ▁rest oration ▁and ▁beyond ▁After ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 0 , ▁all ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁court ▁that ▁had ▁tried ▁and ▁sent enced ▁Charles ▁I ▁were ▁targets ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁king . ▁Most ▁of ▁those ▁that ▁were ▁still ▁alive ▁attempted ▁to ▁fle e ▁the ▁country . ▁Many ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁Cont inent ▁while ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁reg ic ides ▁were ▁shelter ed ▁by ▁leaders ▁of ▁New ▁H aven ▁Col ony . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁rep ent ant ▁and ▁eventually ▁p ardon ed ▁Richard ▁Ing olds by , ▁all ▁those ▁that ▁were ▁captured ▁were ▁executed ▁or ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁imprison ment . ▁ ▁The ▁charges ▁against ▁the ▁king ▁were ▁echo