Wells, the Bloody Assizes & the Monmouth Rebellion

 New piece from Mark

Following Monmouth's defeat, the hanging judge, George Jeffreys drenched the SouthWest in blood to cower the counties that had taken up arms to remove the king. Wells having sheltered the Duke's army, was at the centre of the Bloody Assizes. It witnessed horrific executions, limbs and heads on display above the city as well as the cathedral being ransacked by the rebel army. Let's have a look and see what really happened! At HISTORY WORKSHOPS we visit schools and societies offering history talks on topics such as: Elizabethan period, the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War, the Monmouth Rebellion, the Barber Surgeon and the First World War. To book us up for a talk, either visit our website at www.historyworkshops.org or email us at mark@historyworkshops.org