Anyone who has Somerset blood in their veins or who knows something of the county history will have heard of the Monmouth Affair. This was the Protestant rebellion led by James Scot, Duke of Monmouth, in 1685. Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles II, and the rebellion he raised against his Roman Catholic uncle, James II, led to defeat and disaster at Sedgemoor, the last battle fought on English soil. Even the local public bar carries the battles name.
 | This website tells the story of the rebellion and its aftermath, the Bloody Assize, when hundreds of the defeated rebels were tried at |
Many of the rebels were executed or transported, leaving bitter memories of suffering and defeat in towns and villages throughout the western counties. Play a Monmouth flash game by
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