John Alured

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John Alured (b. 1607, Kingston upon Hull -1651) was one of the regicides of King Charles I in 1649. He inherited the family estate in 1628 and married Mary Darley in 1631.

Alured was the MP for Hedon in both the Short and Long Parliaments. He is known to have fought at Adwalton Moor in 1643 and possibly at Marston Moor in 1644. In 1649, appointed to the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was one of the signatories of the King's death warrant.