Simon Mayne was a Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.
Background
Simon was born and lived at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire, the son of Simon Mayne Snr and his wife, Colubria the sister of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace. His father died when he was only five, leaving him the Dinton Hall estate after the death of his mother (in 1629).
Education
He was educated at Thame in Oxfordshire at Lord Williams"s School and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1630.
Career
In January 1649, as a judge of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was 40th of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King. After the Restoration, he was tried and sentenced to death, he died in the Tower of London in 1661 before his appeal could be heard. His body was returned to Dinton and buried in the church.
Membership
In 1645 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury and elected again in 1659.