The bloody assizes /
Tutchin, John,1661?-1707.
Muddiman, J. G.(Joseph George),1862?-
Bent, James.
Dunton, John,1659-1733,supposed author.
Edinburgh : William Hodge & Co.,
1929.
"The present reprint omits precisely those portions of the book to which no historian ever has paid, or ever will pay, the slightest attention."--Pref.
The life of Jeffreys was published separately, 1689, with title: The Bloody assizes: or, A compleat history of the life of George, Lord Jefferies, and dedication signed: James Bent. "James Bent was in all probability a pseudonym adopted by [John] Dunton." cf. p. 8.
Reprint of the 5th edition, with reproduction of the original t.p.: The western martyrology; or, Bloody assizes. Containing the lives, trials, and dying-speeches of all those eminent Protestants that suffer'd in the west of England, and elsewhere, from the year 1678, to this time; together with the life and death of George L. Jeffreys. The 5th ed. ... London, Printed for John Marshall, 1705.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. Legends and sources -- the "Bloody Assizes" and its authors -- Section 2. Taunton and Monmouth -- Persecution of the dissenters in the west -- Monmouth as the "Man in the Iron Mask" -- Colonel Kirke -- Lord Jeffreys' western circuit -- Aftermath of the western circuit -- Pitman's story -- Edmund Prideaux -- Taunton maidens -- Section 3. Text of the "Western Martyrology ; or, Bloody Assizes", 5th ed. -- Section 4. "Impartial history of the life and death of George, Lord Jeffreys" -- Narrative of Monmouth's rebellion -- Ford, Lord Grey -- Gossip about the western circuit -- Lord Chancellor -- James II and his Chancellor -- Death of Lord Jeffreys -- Appendix A. Judges' lists of rebels tried and sentenced -- Appendix B. Lord Jeffreys' warrant to the Sherriff of Somerset -- Appendix C. Persons excepted by name from the King's general pardon.
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 1645-1689.
Bloody Assizes, 1685.
Trials (Treason)
Judges
Martyrs