Judge George Jeffreys

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Judge George Jeffreys was a 17th-century English jurist infamous for his brutal conduct during the "Bloody Assizes" following the Monmouth Rebellion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
peer of England ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary Aldermanbury ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1645-05-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1689-04-18 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
Shrewsbury School ⓘ
St Paul’s School, London ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
familyName Jeffreys ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of England ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
monarch James II of England ⓘ
nickname Hanging Judge ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
Baron Jeffreys of Wem ⓘ
notableFor Bloody Assizes ⓘ
harsh sentencing of rebels after the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ
notableWork sentencing in the Bloody Assizes ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn trials following the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ
placeOfBirth Acton, Denbighshire ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Tower of London ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of Chester ⓘ
King’s Serjeant ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Ludlow ⓘ
Recorder of London ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anne Jeffreys ⓘ
Sarah Neesham ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Westminster Hall ⓘ

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Monmouth Rebellion → notableFigure → Judge George Jeffreys ⓘ
Bloody Assizes → ledBy → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Bloody Assizes → hasKeyFigure → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Bloody Assizes → presidingJudge → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Battle of Sedgemoor → associatedWith → Judge George Jeffreys ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Sedgemore
George Jeffreys → nobleTitle → 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Court of James II of England → notableMember → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Exeter Assizes → hasJudge → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Taunton Assizes → hasJudge → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Taunton Assizes → hasJudge → Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys ⓘ
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Winchester Assizes → notableJudge → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Jeffreys → hasNotableBearer → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Acton, Denbighshire → notablePersonBornHere → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Baron Jeffreys of Wem → firstHolder → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Baron Jeffreys of Wem → createdFor → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Baron Jeffreys of Wem → notableHolder → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Baron Jeffreys of Wem → hasTitleHolder → George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
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Baron Jeffreys of Wem → titleStyle → Lord Jeffreys ⓘ
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Sarah Neesham → spouse → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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George Jeffreys → nickname → Judge Jeffreys ⓘ
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Hanging Judge → refersTo → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Hanging Judge → appliedTo → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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Hanging Judge → hasSubjectName → George Jeffreys ⓘ
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