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Bloody Assizes

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Bloody Assizes

Courts held by judges of the High Court in the west of England under the Lord Chief Justice, Judge Jeffreys, after Monmouth' s rebellion in 1685. Over 300 rebels were executed and many more flogged or imprisoned.
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1685: Judge Jeffreys began sentencing rebels to death at what became known as the Bloody Assizes, after the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion - more than a thousand were condemned although only around 300 were actually executed.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
WHERE did Judge Jeffreys hold the Bloody Assizes of 1685?
TIME OUT by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
For drama, walk down Dorchester's High West Street, the 17th-century lodging house of the infamous Judge Jeffries, who presided over the Bloody Assizes.
Open the Door to adventure; Holiday Extra by Byrne, Dymphna / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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