After the Restoration of 1660, the corpse of Oliver Cromwell was exhumed, put on trial for treason and publicly executed. His head was placed on a spike at Westminster until it was blown down in a storm in 1685.

After the Restoration of 1660, the corpse of Oliver Cromwell was exhumed, put on trial for treason and publicly executed. His head was placed on a spike at Westminster until it was blown down in a storm in 1685.