Title: REGICIDE'S WIDOW: LADY ALICE LISLE AND THE BLOODY ASSIZE
Description: "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."
Subjects: Trials, litigation, Nobility, Biography, Bloody Assizes, 1685, History, Monmouth's rebellion, 1685, Death and burial