Lieutenant-Colonel George Joyce was an officer and Agitator in the Parliamentary New Model Army during the English Civil War.
Cornet George Joyce (Jacob Huysmans)
An 18th century illustration of Joyce's arrest of Charles I in 1647
The Army Council was a body established in 1647 to represent the views of all levels of the New Model Army. It originally consisted of senior commanders, like Sir Thomas Fairfax, and representatives elected by their regiments, known as Agitators.
Charles I; by 1648, a significant element felt only his death could end the conflict
Cromwell's son-in-law Henry Ireton, who argued the Grandees position at the Putney Debates