Monmouth Rebellion
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The Monmouth Rebellion in June 1685 was an attempt to depose James II, who in February had succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Dissident Protestants led by James
The Morning of Sedgemoor, by Edgar Bundy
Portrait of the Duke of Monmouth made five years before the rebellion
Monmouth landing at Lyme Regis
Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
Bloody Assizes
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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.
Monmouth Rebellion
…was captured and beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685, while around 1,000 of his supporters were executed or transported in what became known as the Bloody Assizes. James II reigned until 1688, when he was deposed by another nephew, William III of Orange, in the Glorious Revolution. Monmouth was an illegitimate…
Portrait of Judge Jeffreys by John Michael Wright
A 19th-century artist's impression of Judge Jeffreys presiding over the "Bloody Assizes".