▁was ▁specifically ▁created ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁trying ▁the ▁king , ▁its ▁name ▁was ▁eventually ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁as ▁a ▁design ation ▁for ▁subsequent ▁courts . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁English ▁Civil ▁War ▁had ▁been ▁ra ging ▁for ▁nearly ▁an ▁entire ▁de cade . ▁After ▁the ▁First ▁English ▁Civil ▁War , ▁the ▁parliament ari ans ▁accepted ▁the ▁prem ise ▁that ▁the ▁King , ▁although ▁wrong , ▁had ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁justify ▁his ▁fight , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁still ▁be ▁entitled ▁to ▁limited ▁powers ▁as ▁King ▁under ▁a ▁new ▁constitution al ▁settlement . ▁By ▁prov oking ▁the ▁Second ▁English ▁Civil ▁War ▁even ▁while ▁defeated ▁and ▁in ▁capt ivity , ▁Charles ▁was ▁held ▁responsible ▁for ▁un just ifiable ▁blood sh ed . ▁The ▁secret ▁" Eng agement " ▁treat y ▁with ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁was ▁considered ▁particularly ▁un p ardon able ; ▁" a ▁more ▁pro dig ious ▁tre ason ", ▁said ▁Oliver ▁C rom well , ▁" than ▁any ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁perfect ed ▁before ; ▁because ▁the ▁former ▁quar rel ▁was ▁that ▁English men ▁might ▁rule ▁over ▁one ▁another ; ▁this ▁to ▁v ass al ize ▁us ▁to ▁a ▁foreign ▁nation ." ▁C rom well ▁up ▁to ▁this ▁point ▁had ▁supported ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁the ▁king ▁but ▁now ▁rejected ▁further ▁negoti ations . ▁ ▁In ▁making ▁war ▁against ▁Parliament , ▁the ▁king ▁had ▁caused ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁thousands . ▁Est im ated ▁death s ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁English ▁civil ▁wars ▁has ▁been ▁reported ▁as ▁ 8 4 , 8 3