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Unknown sitter - possibly Sir William Heveningham

The name of this sitter is unknown but I believe it MIGHT be of Sir William Heveningham (b. abt 1612), the Regicide. At the outbreak of the civil war he took sides with the parliament. He was nominated one of the high court of justices to try King Charles I. When the sentence was confirmed, he refused to sign the death-warrant. In October 1660 he was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey. He was then imprisoned at Windsor Castle and deprived of his estates. He survived his ordeal in Windsor Castle and died in 1678 and was buried at Ketteringham. He married firstly Katherine Wallop and secondly Lady Mary Carey, g.g.g grandaughter of Lady Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn. Sir William Heveningham was the grandson of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham.

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