George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys - Wikipedia
WEBGeorge Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys PC (15 May 1645 – 18 April 1689), also known as "the Hanging Judge ", [1] was a Welsh judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor (and serving as Lord High Steward in …
Bloody Assizes - Wikipedia
WEBBloody Assizes. Judge Jeffreys. 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.
Bloody Assizes | Monmouth Rebellion, Judge Jeffreys & Executions
WEBBloody Assizes, (1685), in English history, the trials conducted in the west of England by the chief justice, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, and four other judges after the abortive rebellion (June 1685) of the Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II, against his Roman.
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys | English Judge, Lord Chief …
WEBGeorge Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys was an English judge notorious for his cruelty and corruption. He presided over the “Bloody Assizes” of 1685 following the failure of the duke of Monmouth’s rebellion and was in charge of executing the unpopular religious policy of the Roman Catholic king James.
Monmouth Rebellion - Wikipedia
WEBThe Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685 succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
History - Somerset's Judge Dread - BBC
WEBMar 17, 2009 · The most horrific period in Taunton's history was no doubt the Bloody Assizes in 1685 where dozens of people were sentenced to death by Judge Jeffreys for rebelling against King James II in...
Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - Dorchester Dorset
WEBWith a knack for making powerful friends, Jeffries secured a series of promotions and honours over the following years, becoming Lord Chancellor in 1685 and taking the title Baron Jeffreys of Wem. That same year, an uprising started in the West Country aiming to overthrow James II and replace him with the Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son ...
Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - Owlcation
WEBMar 29, 2024 · The Duke of Monmouth did not face Judge Jeffreys but was dealt with just as swiftly by Parliament. Found guilty of treason, he was executed in a particularly grisly fashion at the Tower of London on July 15, 1685.
BBC Blogs - Wales - The death of the Hanging Judge
WEBApr 17, 2014 · By 1685 Jeffreys was serving as the Lord Chief Justice, a post that carried considerable power. It was a position he thoroughly enjoyed. He had achieved a reputation for ruthlessness two...
Bloody Assizes 1685 - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 18, 2018 · Bloody Assizes was the name given to the mass trials of Monmouth's rebels in 1685, presided over by Jeffreys and four other judges. Nearly all the 1,300 prisoners were undoubtedly guilty of treason, for which the sentence was death by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering.