Judge George Jeffreys

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Judge George Jeffreys was a 17th-century English jurist infamous for his brutal conduct during the "Bloody Assizes" following the Monmouth Rebellion.

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George Jeffreys 3
Judge George Jeffreys canonical 2
1st Baron Jeffreys 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English judge
human
jurist
peer of England
burialPlace St. Mary Aldermanbury
surface form: St Mary Aldermanbury
causeOfDeath kidney disease
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1645-05-15
dateOfDeath 1689-04-18
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dictionary of National Biography
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Inner Temple
Shrewsbury School
St Paul's School, London
surface form: St Paul’s School, London

Trinity College, Cambridge
era Stuart period
familyName Jeffreys
fieldOfWork law
givenName George
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of England
monarch James II of England
nickname Hanging Judge
nobleTitle Judge George Jeffreys self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Baron Jeffreys

Baron Jeffreys of Wem
notableFor Bloody Assizes
harsh sentencing of rebels after the Monmouth Rebellion
notableWork sentencing in the Bloody Assizes
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
participatedIn trials following the Monmouth Rebellion
placeOfBirth Acton, Denbighshire
Wales
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

Tower of London
positionHeld Chief Justice of Chester
King’s Serjeant
Lord Chancellor of England
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Member of Parliament for Ludlow
Recorder of London
religion Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne Jeffreys
Sarah Neesham
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Palace of Westminster
surface form: Westminster Hall

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Monmouth Rebellion notableFigure Judge George Jeffreys
Bloody Assizes ledBy Judge George Jeffreys
this entity surface form: George Jeffreys
Bloody Assizes hasKeyFigure Judge George Jeffreys
this entity surface form: George Jeffreys
Bloody Assizes presidingJudge Judge George Jeffreys
this entity surface form: George Jeffreys
Battle of Sedgemore associatedWith Judge George Jeffreys
subject surface form: Battle of Sedgemoor
Judge George Jeffreys nobleTitle Judge George Jeffreys self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: George Jeffreys
this entity surface form: 1st Baron Jeffreys
Court of James II of England notableMember Judge George Jeffreys
this entity surface form: George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys