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	INTRODUCTION
		Cavalry also rode out across the plungeons as the patrols began to come in towards the sounds of battle, and with a pincer movement they attacked the main body of the rebels who continued to fight bravely, though their leaders had decided on flight and were riding off towards the Polden Hills and Bristol.
		Aided by the Wiltshire militia, who had remained at Middlezoy (for Feversham was doubtful of their loyalty) the royal troops began the task of dealing with the prisoners-more than 200 were kept in the church-and burying the corpses left on the battlefield.
		The casualties are reckoned as about 400 rebels who died in the battle, with many more killed in the pursuit and rounding up of those who tried to escape, while only about 50 regular soldiers lost their lives and about 200 were wounded.
	www.somerset.gov.uk /archives/ASH/Battlesedge.htm (976 words)

	Battle of Sedgemoor
		The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on July 6 1685.
		It is often referred to as the last battle fought on English (as opposed to British) soil, but this is incorrect - the Battle of Preston (in Lancashire) was fought on November 14 1715, during the Jacobite Rebellion.
		Unfortunately the element of surprise was lost when a musket was accidentally discharged, and the Battle of Sedgemoor resulted in defeat for the Duke by the Royal army under John Churchill (later to become famous as the Duke of Marlborough) and the Earl of Feversham).
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_sedgemoor.html (294 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of Sedgemoor
		The Battle of Sedgemoor, fought on July 6, 1685, was the last battle on English (as opposed to British) soil and took place near Bridgwater in Somerset between the troops of the rebel James, Duke of Monmouth and James II of England in an attempt to seize the English throne.
		After landing from the Netherlands at Lyme Regis in Dorset, the Duke eventually lead his untrained and ill-equipped troops on a night-time attack on the King's position on the site of Bussex Farm outside the village of Westonzoyland[?].
		Unfortunately the element of surprise was lost when a musket was accidentally discharged, and the Battle of Sedgemoor resulted in defeat for the Duke by the Earl of Feversham[?] (also known as "Lord Feversham").
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_Sedgemoor (250 words)

	Sedgemoor: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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	www.encyclopedian.com /se/Sedgemoor.html (258 words)

	John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough - LoveToKnow 1911
		When the royal army had advanced to the downs of Wiltshire and a battle seemed imminent, James was dismayed at finding that in the dead of night his general had stolen away like a thief into the opposite camp.
		Through the superior tactics of Marlborough the battle of Ramillies (May 23, 1706) ended in the total rout of the French, and caused the transference of nearly the whole of Brabant and Flanders to the allies.
		During the whole of 1707 fortune inclined to the other side, with the result that in July 1708 Ghent and Bruges returned to the allegiance of the French, and Marlborough, fearing that their example might be followed by the other cities, advanced with his whole army towards Oudenarde.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Churchill%2C_1st_duke_of_Marlborough (3462 words)

	Battle of Sedgemoor Information
		The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685.
		Unfortunately the element of surprise was lost when a musket was accidentally discharged, and the Battle of Sedgemoor resulted in defeat for the Duke by the Royal army under Lord Churchill and the Lord Feversham.
		That after the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth at Sedgemoor, near Bridgewater, he rode, accompanied by Lord Grey, to Woodyates, where they quitted their horses; and the Duke having changed clothes with a peasant, endeavoured to make his way across the country to Christchurch.
	www.bookrags.com /Battle_of_Sedgemore (545 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Monmouth rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A pitched battle is a battle were both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges.
		The Bloody Assizes were the series of trials in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
		The Battle of Preston (9 Novemberand#8211;14 November 1715), was fought during the Jacobite Rising of 1715.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Monmouth-rebellion (4311 words)

	Sedgemoor Battle site
		There are many stories of ghosts other traditions attached to the area, and there is little wonder as the events of the battle and the bloody aftermath, left a deep mark upon the local people.
		This was said to have been the battle cry of the Duke's men, desperately shouting at James's army to join them in battle as they were mown down by musket balls.
		Monmouth actually managed to escape the battle with his life but was captured a few days later hiding in a ditch.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /hauntings/sedgemoor.html (607 words)

	The War of the Roses quiz -- free game
		At the battle of Barnet in April 1471 a major figure on the Wars of the Roses was killed.
		The Battle of Tewkesbury fought in 1471 effectively ended one period of the War of the Roses, being a decisive Yorkist victory.
		The battle of Stoke Field is usually considered the final battle of the War of the Roses.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz201244170b228.html (277 words)

	The West Country Duking Days - Monmouths' Rebellion and the Battle of Sedgemoor 1685
		One of Monmouth's followers captured after the battle of Sedgemoor was a famous runner.
		Another fugitive from the battle, John Plumley the Lord of Locking Manor escaped to his home and hid near-by, but his pet dog gave away his hiding place, and he was hanged.
		The cruelty and bloody aftermath of the battle of Segemoor still haunts the memory of the West Country and stories of ghosts seen, and ghosts heard, abound still to this day.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/England-History/DukingDays.htm (469 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Battle of Sedgemoor
		The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685.
		Unfortunately the element of surprise was lost when a musket was accidentally discharged, and the Battle of Sedgemoor resulted in defeat for the Duke by the Royal army under John Churchill (later Duke of Marlborough) and the Earl of Feversham.
		That after the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth at Sedgemoor, near Bridgewater, he rode, accompanied by Lord Grey, to Woodyates, where they quitted their horses; and the Duke having changed clothes with a peasant, endeavoured to make his way across the country to Christchurch.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_Sedgemoor (690 words)

	Details, Somerset HER
		The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685 between the Royalists under the Duke of Feversham, and a Rebel army under the Duke of Monmouth who was defeated.
		Stradling refers to the battle in detail, and mentions a large circular grave in which the slain were buried - he quotes an order of 1685 to erect a mound over the grave.
		The Battle of Sedgemoor was the last pitched battle to be fought on English soil.
	webapp1.somerset.gov.uk /her/details.asp?prn=10926 (621 words)

	T.B. Macaulay - History of England, Vol. I, Ch. V (part 4)
		What seems most extraordinary in the battle of Sedgemoor is that the event should have been for a moment doubtful, and that the rebels should have resisted so long.
		Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
		The battle concerning which the Duke of Wellington wrote thus was that of Waterloo, fought only a few weeks before, by broad day, under his own vigilant and experienced eye.
	www.strecorsoc.org /macaulay/m05d.html (7578 words)

	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : Information and resources about James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : School Work Guru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Despite being heavily outnumbered, he decisively defeated the rebels at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge on June 22 1679.
		Following the discovery of the so-called Rye House Plot in 1683, Monmouth was obliged to go into exile in the Dutch United Provinces.
		On July 6, 1685 the two armies met at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the second last to be fought on English soil.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_scott__1st_duke_of_monmouth.html (570 words)

	BBC - History - A Soldier's View of Battle through the Ages
		At the battle of Sedgemoor, which marked the end of the Duke of Monmouth's audacious rebellion against King James II in 1685, many of the rebels were just everyday civilians who had taken up arms against what they saw as an unjust monarchy.
		Four years after Sedgemoor, in 1689, the battle of Killiecrankie marked the beginning of the first of the Jacobite rebellions that were to blight Scotland for the next 50 years.
		By the time of Killiecrankie the musket had become the dominant weapon on the battlefield, but it was the broadsword that won the day, largely through the superior use of terrain by the Jacobites.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/soldiers_view_04.shtml (640 words)

	Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) - Sedgemoor by Povey, Malcolm
		Thousands of ordinary men, artisans and shopkeepers, fight the King's army at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
		Sedgemoor explores a crucial, but neglected, episode in English history, the last time ordinary people took up arms against their government.
		These hard-hitting poems tell the story of the Dorset and Somerset Rebellion of 1685, its bloody defeat and the state terrorism that followed, as Judge Jeffreys presided over the judicial murder of hundreds of prisoners.
	www.mptmagazine.com /sedgemoor_by_povey_malcolm_i018121.aspx (179 words)

	Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan - Wiki Ireland
		He took part in the suppression of the Western rebellion at the battle of Sedgemoor on July 6, 1685.
		It was not till after the battle of the Boyne (July 1, 1690), and during the siege of Limerick, that Sarsfield came prominently forward.
		He died two or three days after the battle, at Huy in Belgium, where he is buried in the grounds of St Martin's Church.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/Patrick_Sarsfield%2C_1st_Earl_of_Lucan (802 words)

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		The weekend of the 15th and 16th July 2005 is the 320th Anniversary of the Battle of Sedgemoor.
		It is proposed that the Sealed Knot, in conjunction with Sedgemoor District Council mark this anniversary with a major Battle re-enactment on or near the Battle site.
		As part of the build up to this epic event, a number of smaller Battles and re-enactments will be performed in and around Bridgwater in the period leading up to July 2005.
	www.bridgwater.net /town/events/sealed%20knot.htm (185 words)

	Somerset (county) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Somerset (county) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the south of the county is the second-largest area of fen country in England, the Somerset Levels, which includes the area known as Sedgemoor; peat was formerly cut here.
		A battle was fought at Allermoor in 1645 during the Civil War.
		At the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685, James II defeated the Duke of Monmouth, a claimant to the English crown who had been proclaimed king at Taunton that year.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Somerset+(county) (601 words)

	1685 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		July 6 - Battle of Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth.
		Monmouth's army is defeated and the Duke himself is captured shortly after the battle.
		July 15 - In England, the Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, after he was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemore.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/16/1685.html (274 words)

	Battle of Sedgemoor: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Battle of Sedgemoor: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
		Post a link to definition / meaning of " Battle of Sedgemoor " on your site.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Battle-of-Sedgemoor.html (297 words)

	The Battle of Cheriton - 28/29 August 2005
		A full scale model of the battle, the only one of it’s kind, will help you visualise and understand what happened and why.
		James Duke of Monmouth’s bid to overthrow his catholic brother King James comes to a bloody end at the battle of Sedgemoor in Somerset.
		Enjoy the spectacular end of Wade’s red regiment of the rebel army as the battle of Sedgemoor comes to its bloody climax.
	www.battleofcheriton.co.uk /august.htm (1006 words)

	Sedgemoor
		The District of Sedgemoor is located in the County of Somerset in The South Western Counties of England, it covers an administrative area of 564Km² and in 2001 was home to a population of 109,100 persons, that represents 0.22% of that of England and 0.19% of the population of the entire United Kingdom.
		Sedgemoor is a place to itself — low-lying parts of it below springtide level, a great marsh, drained by “rhines” that run through sluices into the high-banked Parrett or the King’s Sedgemoor Drain, which is the “navigation” — though few boats navigate it — of the River Cary.
		Sedgemoor is not a good pasture-ground, as so much of it is from time to time cut for peat, and in the winter time and early spring liable to lengthy floods.
	www.british-towns.net /en/level_3_display.asp?GetL2=170 (525 words)

	A wealth of history
		It was here in 1685 that the Duke of Monmouth landed in pursuit of the Royal crown; his subsequent capture at the Battle of Sedgemoor also sent twelve local men, numbered among his supporters, to their deaths.
		Today you will find frequent reminders of Lyme’s multi-faceted past: cannons survive as reminders of past battles; fossils on show in the Museum and underfoot on the beaches, hark back to pre-history; the changing strata of the cliffs tangible evidence of landslips past and present.
		The battle of the Siege of Lyme 1644
	www.lymeregistourism.com /information/history.htm (258 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Somerset \| Final English battle is recreated
		Descendents of the men who fought the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685 have been taking part in a re-enactment of the fight to mark its 319th anniversary.
		Fields around the Somerset village of Westonzoyland echoed with the sounds of musket and cannon fire as the battle was recreated over the weekend.
		It resulted in the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion, led by the Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/somerset/3861883.stm (194 words)

	Latest News in Bridgwater. Latest Sport in Bridgwater
		Rain drips onto both visitors and the small congregation as the beautiful roof of St Mary the Virgin church is leaking and the cost of repairs to just one side of the church is estimated to cost in the region of several hundred thousand pounds.
		The church was made famous when Monmouth's men used it as a refuge after the Battle of Sedgemoor on July 6, 1685.
		It was the last battle to be fought on English soil and its reported that 1,384 rebels were killed, compared to 50 of King James's army.
	www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk /display.var.798267.0.0.php (344 words)

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