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	Monmouth Rebellion information - Search.com
		Monmouth had been promised a large army and universal support by his supporters in the Hague, thinking that on landing he would be able to march unopposed to London.
		Monmouth proclaimed himself king at Taunton on 18 June, and continued north, via Bridgwater and Shepton Mallet (23 June), hoping to capture the city of Bristol (which at that time was the second largest and second most important city in the country, after London).
		Monmouth fled from the field of battle but was captured in a ditch on 8 July (either at Ringwood in the New Forest, or at Horton in Dorset).
	www.search.com /reference/Monmouth_Rebellion (1112 words)

	Monmouth Rebellion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The rebellion ended with the defeat of Monmouth's forces at Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685 (often, rather incorrectly, said to be the last pitched battle on English soil).
		Monmouth was counting on rebellion in Scotland, led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, weakening the King's support and army.
		Monmouth fled from the field of battle but was captured in a ditch on 8 July (either at Ringwood in the New Forest, or at Horton in Dorset).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion (1261 words)

	The Monmouth Rebellion - Dorset Connections
		Monmouth soon returned, but was again forced to take refuge, (1684), in Europe after exposure of the Rye House Plot to murder both Charles and James.
		Monmouth dressed in the clothes of a shepherd was soon discovered shivering in a ditch, under a hedge at Horton.
		Although the Monmouth Rebellion had failed it was only three years later in December 1688 that the Catholic King James was forced to flee the country to be replaced by William and Mary.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /history/Monmouth_Rebellion/Monmouth_Rebellion.htm (983 words)

	LIST OF LOCAL PEOPLE EXECUTED DURING THE MONMOUTH REBELLION 1685 MINEHEAD SOMERSET AREA
		Monmouth was the illegitimate son of King Charles II, born to Lucy Walters in 1649 during Charles II's exile at the Hague.
		Monmouth was much loved and favoured by his father and despite his illegitimate status was given a place of great authority within English society.
		Monmouth tried a desperate night attack but his army was spotted and after a last desperate struggle his army was routed and fled over the Mendips, Monmouth being captured just a few days later.
	www.minehead-online.co.uk /rebellion.htm (1803 words)

	INTRODUCTION
		Monmouth marched to Axminster which he easily captured, since the Somerset militia sent to oppose him broke up in disorder and fled, leaving him free to march on Taunton where he arrived on June 18th after collecting more men at Chard and Ilminster.
		Here, at what was regarded as the key to the rebellion, Monmouth found that the Corporation and the more important and prosperous townsfolk were not willing to support him, though the clothworkers and poorer people from all around, about 1000 in all, joined his growing army.
		Monmouth, having retreated to Frome, now considered a plan to move eastward towards Warminster: but the royal army had marched to Westbury to bar the way, and so the decision was taken to return to Shepton Mallet and then to Wells.
	www.somerset.gov.uk /archives/ASH/Monmouthreb.htm (1428 words)

	swuklink: Monmouths Rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Monmouth's uncle and William's father-in-law succeeded to the throne as James II.
		It was Monmouth's expulsion from Holland which seems to have spurred him to attempt to raise a rebellion in the predominantly Protestant West Country against the Catholic King - a plan which the Protestant Dutch supported, albeit secretly.
		Monmouth was found hiding in a hedge at Horton dressed as a farm labourer.
	www.swuklink.com /BAAAGBVK.php (1674 words)

	Monmouth (town) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Monmouth lies at the confluence of the Wye and Monnow rivers, in an agricultural area...
		Monmouth, Battle of, battle of the American War of Independence, fought June 28, 1778, near Monmouth Courthouse in the town of Freehold, Monmouth...
		When Monmouth's uncle James succeeded to the throne in February 1685, the Whig exiles in Holland plotted two invasions.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Monmouth_(town).html (106 words)

	Somerset Gateway UK. Monmouth rebellion
		Monmouth was the illegitimate son of King Charles II, born to Lucy Walters in 1649 during Charles II's exile at the Hague.
		Monmouth was much loved and favoured by his father and despite his illegitimate status was given a place of great authority within English society.
		Monmouth tried a desperate night attack but his army was spotted and after a last desperate struggle his army was routed and fled over the Mendips, Monmouth being captured just a few days later.
	www.somersetgateway.com /history/monmouth/essay.htm (1780 words)

	Monmouth & Monmouthshire's colourful History
		Born in Monmouth Castle in 1387, he is immortalized by his campaigns against the French and the remarkable victory at Agincourt.
		As a boy he loved outdoor pursuits and at the age of 10 he could ride, swim and bend a bow and hunt: he was a fine scholar, an accomplished musician, a chivalrous and bold monarch who proved to be a shrewd tactician - both militarily and politically.
		Monmouth's Rebellion was not by our placid citizens, but by James Scott, a Duke of Monmouth.
	www.monmouth.org.uk /History/Residents/index.php (491 words)

	T.B. Macaulay - History of England, Vol. I, Ch. V (part 1)
		Monmouth meanwhile carefully avoided all that could give offence in the quarter to which he looked for protection.
		Monmouth's judgment was not convinced; but he had not the firmness to resist such solicitations.
		Monmouth's high pretensions were offensive to Argyle, who, proud of ancient nobility and of a legitimate descent from kings, was by no means inclined to do homage to the offspring of a vagrant and ignoble love.
	www.strecorsoc.org /macaulay/m05a.html (6596 words)

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		But Monmouth College was among the largest institutions of higher education in the state, and therefore was one of two selected at this time to become the first federal depositories (the University of Illinois was the other).
		Monmouth College was coeducational from its foundation as an Academy in 1853 and its incorporation as a College in 1856.
		Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion Monmouth College Oracle, Vol.
	department.monm.edu /history/default.htm (697 words)

	MONMOUTH
		Monmouth is a historic town in south Wales, county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire.
		Monmouth boasts a 13th century stone gated bridge, unique in Britain as it is the only preserved bridge of its design remaining.
		Henry V, born in Monmouth castle in 1387, who was immortalised in his victory at Agincourt and the square in the centre of town is named after this battle.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.net /Mo/Monmouth.html (3335 words)

	The Monmouth Rebellion
		Monmouth landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt with a rabble of brave but untrained West Country yokels and miners, with plans to capture Bristol and then march on London to claim the throne.
		The Monmouth Rebellion, which lasted all of five weeks, was a bloodbath for the Protestant rebels, both in battle at Sedgemoor, and afterwards at the "Bloody Assizes" - the trials conducted by Chief Justice George Jeffreys.
		Many factors contributed to the rebellion, but it seems the major reason people got involved was the lack of freedom of worship of protestant nonconformists.
	www.merriottfamiliesgenealogy.net /the_monmouth_rebellion.htm (1561 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - Stuart Uprisings - Monmouth's Rebellion
		On the 11th June 1685 the exiled Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II, landed at Lyme Regis in Dorset with a small force in an attempt to topple the new Catholic king James II.
		Monmouth was popular with a large section of the English people and many would support his rebellion in an attempt to recover religious and political rights which had been progressively eroded since the Restoration of Charles II.
		Argyll's Scottish rebellion was stifled almost before it could begin and within 36 hours the news of Monmouth’s landing had reached the king and his military commanders in London.
	www.battlefieldstrust.com /resource-centre/stuart-rebellions/campainview.asp?CampainId=3 (220 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Monmouth’s Rebellion
		Monmouth’s Rebellion in 1685, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, was an abortive attempt to overthrow the newly-crowned English monarch James II (VII of Scotland).
		Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles II.
		Monmouth’s Protestantism and military reputation, acquired during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, made him popular, but attempts to place him ahead of James in the line of succession failed in 1681 [See Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis].
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=735 (521 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - James II.
		Monmouth landed in the West Country, but the majority of the gentry did not rise in his support as he had expected they would.
		Monmouth attempted to attack the enemy under cover of darkness, while they were encamped on Sedgemoor.
		The King adamantly refused to receive him and cast aspersions on Monmouth's mother, Lucy Walter, known to have been a promiscuous woman, raising doubts that his brother was ever Monmouth's father, commenting that Lucy died of 'a disease incident to her profession'.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /stuart_4.htm (1097 words)

	Weymouth, Dorset, Impact of the Monmouth Rebellion & Judge Jeffreys & the Bloody Assizes
		James, Duke of Monmouth, nephew of King James II made an attempt to dethrone his uncle and claim the throne for himself.
		The Duke of Monmouth had been born in Rotterdam on 9th April 1649, the son of Charles II and Lucy Walters.
		Monmouth and his many friends in Holland, Scotland and England planned a rebellion to dethrone James II.
	www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk /rebellion.html (1063 words)

	Monmouth Campaign Scenario 1685 by Kevin Aldridge
		At some point, it may become apparent to the player controlling Monmouth that all hope is lost, and there is nothing for it but to do a Harry Flashman and take to the tall timber (recall that the Rebels receive a draw if Monmouth escapes).
		Monmouth may not conduct any musters if fleeing as an individual or as part of a small group.
		Example: Say that Monmouth manages to get 5000 rebels to Frome (eight hexes from the eastern edge of the map), and that this is the closest he gets to ultimate victory in the current campaign.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/campaigns/Monmouth_1685.htm (2413 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : History : James II and the Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
		Because Monmouth was a Protestant, as well as being handsome and popular, he thought the English people would support him in a rebellion against his uncle.
		Monmouth managed to escape but was taken prisoner soon afterwards and executed.
		The rebellion lasted for five weeks and Sedgemoor is considered the last battle to have been fought in England, which means that no armies have fought on English soil for over 300 years.
	www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/chap4012.html (618 words)

	Duke of Monmouth
		The execution was the penalty for attempting to usurp the throne from James II in an episode known as 'The Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion'.
		A number of attempts to exclude him from the succession to the throne failed, and James Scott the Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, [1649-1685] Charles's eldest illegitimate son, was proposed as an alternative, Protesant candidate.
		Monmouth, however, ambitious and over-confident of support sought it for himself and marched with troops through the West Country.
	www.eden.gov.uk /main.asp?page=3581 (368 words)

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		Given the word of mouth manner in which Monmouth’s army was recruited, and the fact of the area concerned being an acknowledged Willmott family enclave, it seems entirely possible that some or all of the seven known Willmott rebels were related.
		The Monmouth Rebellion is often written off as one of the great lost causes.
		As some of Monmouth’s earliest supporters, it is tempting to think that the artisan branches of the Willmott family would have come out of it rather well.
	members.lycos.co.uk /nicholaswillmott/id40.htm (1917 words)

	Guardian \| Ballads recall when politicians were popular
		Research by the University of Warwick has found that, of the 10,000 ballad sheets which exist from 1640 to 1689, a third are concerned with the turbulent political events of the period, which saw the civil war, the republic, the accession of Charles II and James II and the Monmouth rebellion.
		A large proportion of the songs focus on the Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate but Protestant son who had massive public backing to be king instead of James, his Catholic uncle.
		Monmouth was idealised in "fl letter" ballads - the equivalent of tabloid newssheets.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4928115-103685,00.html (314 words)

	What Dryden tells us about Tony Blair \| St Opinion \| Opinion \| Telegraph
		Using the template of Absalom's rebellion against King David in the Second Book of Samuel, he achieved what is very rare, a localised work of satire that outlives the objects of its scorn.
		Based on the false claim that the king had been married to Monmouth's mother, Lucy Walters, the rebels, who lost their fight at Sedgemoor – the last battle, in 1685, ever fought on English soil – made a botched attempt to guarantee the Protestant succession.
		The success of Dryden's poem is that he skewers for our dissection and delight the universal desire for a "moody" and headstrong electorate to complain about their leaders, and the corresponding need among the political classes to bitch, backbite and plot against their leaders.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/09/18/do1805.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/09/18/ixopinion.html (848 words)

	News Article: www.visitsouthwest.co.uk
		After the battle at Norton St Philip, Monmouth’s army crossed Somerset from Bath to Bridgwater in a route to be shadowed by Rebellion 2005 using many of the existing original roads and passing through Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells, Glastonbury and on to Bridgwater.
		Rebellion 2005 will then reconstruct the final harrowing day of the Rebellion, including the events leading up to the humiliating defeat that was to change the face of English history forever.
		Monmouth’s Rebellion 2005 Army will have a camp in Bridgwater where local inhabitants will gain a feeling for the events that took place on the day before battle.
	www.westcountrynow.com /main/articles/display.cfm?r=0.90676236&ref=504 (574 words)

	Western Rebellion and other adventures
		Although the rebellion may be explained in simple religious terms (ie catholic v protestant) the confrontation could also be explained in non-religious terms, as the peoples of Devon and Cornwall rose against the forced introduction of what was still (at least in part) the imposition of a foreign tongue.
		Later, in 1685, the peoples of east Devon, along with those of neighbouring counties, joined the forces of the Duke of Monmouth, who had landed at Lyme Regis, and was 'proclaimed King' at Taunton, in opposition to King James.
		The forces of the Duke on Monmouth swelled to 8,000 and marched to Bristol, but were duly massacred by the professional army of the Scottish King James at Sedgmoor, despite some heroic but ill concieved military actions.
	users.senet.com.au /~dewnans/Western_Rebellion_and_others.html (681 words)

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