Bloody Assizes

The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials started at Winchester on 25 August 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.

For the trials in Upper Canada during the War of 1812, see Bloody Assize of 1814.

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