By Emma Norden "Regis” meaning King, and “Cida” meaning Killer.”" In 1649, King Charles I was tried in court by a panel of 135 of England’s finest judges, lawyers, and prominent citizens.  “Whereas Charles Steuart Kinge of England is and standeth convicted attaynted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crymes” (The Death Warrant of King Charles I. 1648).  Among these 135 men were Edward Whalley, William Goffe, and John Dixwell, all Puritans that lived under what they perceived as the cruel tyranny of the Roman Catholic King.  These men fought for their freedoms to practice their faith and were at the forefront of the triumphant religious war against the monarch starting in 1642 and ending in 1651.  After the Civil War, the Puritans lived at ease, and the regicides lived lavishly, Whalley even owned a house previously owned by the late King’s wife.  That was until the Scottish reinstated Charles II in the year 1650, as he hid away in Scotland from ...

By Jenahn Dawson Whalley Avenue in New Haven, which connects Downtown to the Town of Woodbridge through six city neighborhoods, is one of the most important roads in the city.   Named after the celebrated regicide Edward Whalley, the Westville section of this vital route was home to many commercial businesses, halls, taverns, shops and the location of the infamous raid by the British Army. Whalley Avenue was first laid out in 1797 to connect Broadway and Downtown with the Litchfield Turnpike. Much of the Avenue went undeveloped until the late-19th century when the horse-drawn streetcar made residential development possible beyond the c ity core.   One notable early resident was Sherriff Joshua Hotchkiss, who along with his prominent family moved to the area of present day Whalley and Blake streets in 1677. (Caplan 9) With a large family, the small hamlet was titled Hotchkisstown. Prior to the construction of the Westville Bridge on Whalley Avenue, which occurr...