page_title: Wem
section_title: Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Wem / History / 1600s / Restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645-1689)
context_page_description: Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England, 9 miles north of Shrewsbury on the rail line between that town and Crewe in Cheshire.
  The name of the town is derived from the Old English wamm, meaning a marsh, as marshy land exists in the area of the town. Over time, this was corrupted to form "Wem".
  As a caput of a barony and the centre of a large manor and parish Wem was a centre for justice and local government for centuries, and was the headquarters of the North Shropshire District Council until Shropshire became a unitary authority. From the 12th century revisions to the hundreds of Shropshire, Wem was within the North Division of Bradford Hundred until the end of the 19th century.
  According to Professor Richard Hoyle, Chairman of Victoria County History Shropshire, "Wem is an archetypal medieval-planned castle town and as such, can take its place alongside the best examples in England"
context_section_description: In 1648 Hinstock, Loppington, and Wem were assessed for sale, and lands were sold from the manorial holdings throughout the 1650s.  By 1665, when Daniel Wycherley bought the manor, the manorial property was much reduced from the holding it had been in 1648.
  Wem was held by Judge Jeffreys (1645–1689), known as the "hanging judge" for his willingness to impose capital punishment on supporters of the Duke of Monmouth. His seat was Lowe Hall at The Lowe, Wem. In 1683 he was made Baron Jeffreys of Wem.
caption: Judge Jeffreys held the barony of Wem
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