The 'Monmouth Roll', 1685. The 'Monmouth Roll' is a return made by local constables in Somerset, Devon and Dorset of those people suspected of joining the rebellion of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, against the Roman Catholic James II, in 1685. Shown here is the beginning of the Somerset returns, with the names of suspected rebels in 'Killmersdon' (ie Kilmersdon), Chewton and Milverton. This document was intended to assist the prosecution of rebels at the 'Bloody Assizes' of Judge James Jeffreys at which more than 300 rebels were sentenced to death and hundreds more condemned to transportation as slaves to the West Indies.
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The 'Monmouth Roll', 1685. The 'Monmouth Roll' is a return made by local constables in Somerset, Devon and Dorset of those people suspected of joining the rebellion of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, against the Roman Catholic James II, in 1685. Shown here is the beginning of the Somerset returns, with the names of suspected rebels in 'Killmersdon' (ie Kilmersdon), Chewton and Milverton. This document was intended to assist the prosecution of rebels at the 'Bloody Assizes' of Judge James Jeffreys at which more than 300 rebels were sentenced to death and hundreds more condemned to transportation as slaves to the West Indies.

Date

1685

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HRM25A16_092

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50,0Mo (3,9Mo) / 28,1cm x 44,5cm / 3323 x 5254 (300dpi)

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transport transportation England library information country writing law English color text location century intelligence handwriting rebellion rebel document sepia concept list British Library lettering NAME names MONOCHROME records 17th century calligraphy Colour seventeenth century exile Monmouth Rebellion Monmouth Roll Monmouth's Rebellion Somerset returns ink manuscript Unknown Scott James Monmouth Duke of Monmouth James Fitzroy Fitzroy James Scott James Crofts Crofts Duke of S named Heritage Art 1st Duke of Monmouth

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