. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . arms, if not his title to theEnglish Crown, at least his design to give England a ProtestantGovernment. The Earl of Argyll, without much previous under-standing with Monmouth, was just starting to raise Scotland witha similar cry against King James. It was with less than a hundred followers that the hare-brainedexpedition, under a weak and inconstant leader, landed at Ljme Regison June 11, 1685. Monmouth put out a declaration against hisuncles tyranny and popery, but left the question of his own rightsto the decision of a free Parlia
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . arms, if not his title to theEnglish Crown, at least his design to give England a ProtestantGovernment. The Earl of Argyll, without much previous under-standing with Monmouth, was just starting to raise Scotland witha similar cry against King James. It was with less than a hundred followers that the hare-brainedexpedition, under a weak and inconstant leader, landed at Ljme Regison June 11, 1685. Monmouth put out a declaration against hisuncles tyranny and popery, but left the question of his own rightsto the decision of a free Parliament. He was at once attainted. Butthe Wessex peasants flocked to the Protestant Dukes standard,and soon after he reached Taunton he had seven thousand menunder arms. His first objective was Bristol or Bath, for the line ofthe Avon or the Kennet offered the best chance of an advance uponLondon ; but he had no serious chance of taking either town, and,being obliged to fall back towards Bridgwater, was utterly routed. JAMES FITZKOY. DUKE OF MONMOUTHFrom tlie portrait by Sir Peter Lcly in tlieNational Portrait Gallery /? i_(4 JAMES FITZROY 235 at Sedgemoor by Lords Feversham and Churchill (afterwards thegreat Duke of Marlborough) upon July 5. Monmouth fled from thefield and three days after the battle was caught in hiding on theborders of the New Forest. When a prisoner he lost heart andbegged for his life. King James was not by nature a merciful man,and there was nothing in his nephews career which inclined him tomere)-. The Duke was executed on July 15. GEORGE JEFFREYS FIRST BARON JEFFREYS (1648-1689) was the son of John Jeffreys of Denbighshire and of Mary being educated at Shrewsbury, St. Pauls, Westminster, andTrinity College, Cambridge, he entered the Inner Temple in had many qualities which ensured him success at the bar;his tongue was ready and incisive, his skin was thick, his mannerformidable. At the same time he tempered his audacity witha ti
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