baldrick (possibly died 1649) is servant to . like his elizabethan ancestor he moonlights as an executioner, although in his case it is part of a cunning plan to save the life of charles i of england by replacing his head with a pumpkin. his plan fails. when blackadder is about to be captured he quickly disguises himself as a roundhead and leaves baldrick to be killed instead. he is the son of a pig farmer and a bearded lady.