 Sir Henry Vane the Younger served on the Council of State during the Interregnum even though he refused to take the oath which expressed approbation (approval) of the King's execution.At the Restoration, after much debate in Parliament, he was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act.In 1662 he was tried for high treason, found guilty and beheaded on Tower Hill on 14 June 1662.