Title: The regicide's widow : Lady Alice Lisle and the Bloody Assize /
Authors: Whitaker, Antony.
Publisher: Sutton,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Lisle, Alice,; Lisle, Alice, Trials, litigation, etc.; Jeffreys, George Jeffreys,; Lisle, John,; Lisle, Alice, Death and burial.; Nobility England Biography.; Bloody Assizes, 1685.; Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685.; Great Britain History Biography.
Abstract: "On 2 September 1685 Lady Alice Lisle was the last woman to be beheaded in England. The 67-year-old widow was accused of sheltering a clergyman involved in Monmouth's Rebellion. Her trial was the first of the infamous Bloody Assize and was characterised by Judge Jeffrey's vengeful attitude and bullying manner."