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Common Expressions: BLOODY ASSIZES

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Bloody AssizesThe Bloody Assizes were a series of trials in September 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: BLOODY ASSIZES

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Bloody AssizesLiteratureThe infamous assizes held by Judge Jeffreys in 1685. Three hundred were executed, more whipped or imprisoned, and a thousand sent to the plantations for taking part in Monmouth's rebellion. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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