The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials started at Winchester on 25 August 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
Judge Jeffreys
A 19th-century artist's impression of Judge Jeffreys presiding over the "Bloody Assizes".
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the last and decisive engagement between the Kingdom of England and rebels led by the Duke of Monmouth during the Monmouth rebellion, fought on 6 July 1685, and took place at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England, resulting in a victory for the English army.
The Morning of Sedgemoor, Edgar Bundy
James Scott, the rebel commander
A memorial to the battle.