http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:46:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-13476 ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: Resistance and Rebellion in the Restoration Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:15:57 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-13476 [...] affairs of state to affairs of the heart, from the remote wildernesses of the New World to the highways of Albion, [...] [...] affairs of state to affairs of the heart, from the remote wildernesses of the New World to the highways of Albion, [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-12837 ExecutedToday.com » Death Be Not Proud: Executed Today wins a Clio Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:09:17 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-12837 [...] Embarrassed headsmen are no pretty sight, but considering the depth and breadth of the history blogging community, I’m red-cheeked under the hood at stuff like this: Given its format — the story behind a different historical execution, every day — Executed Today could by rights be monotonous and depressing. It is testament to “The Headsman’s” skills as a writer and storyteller that his blog is nothing of the sort. An engaging and astonishingly prolific blogger, The Headsman writes witty and accessible prose, jumps from continent to continent and century to century with ease, and despite two years of daily blogging he is still finding new things to do with his premise. [...] [...] Embarrassed headsmen are no pretty sight, but considering the depth and breadth of the history blogging community, I’m red-cheeked under the hood at stuff like this: Given its format — the story behind a different historical execution, every day — Executed Today could by rights be monotonous and depressing. It is testament to “The Headsman’s” skills as a writer and storyteller that his blog is nothing of the sort. An engaging and astonishingly prolific blogger, The Headsman writes witty and accessible prose, jumps from continent to continent and century to century with ease, and despite two years of daily blogging he is still finding new things to do with his premise. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-11276 ExecutedToday.com » 1685: Dame Alice Lisle, first victim of the Bloody Assizes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:58:08 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-11276 [...] for harboring fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, where pretender and fellow execution-fodder Monmouth was defeated. Alice Lisle Concealing Fugitives, by Edward Matthew Ward. Detailed views [...] [...] for harboring fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, where pretender and fellow execution-fodder Monmouth was defeated. Alice Lisle Concealing Fugitives, by Edward Matthew Ward. Detailed views [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4554 ExecutedToday.com » 1817: Three criminals in Rome, as witnessed by Lord Byron Tue, 19 May 2009 16:34:20 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4554 [...] two were taken off more cleanly. It is better than the oriental way, and (I should think) than the axe of our ancestors. The pain seems little; and yet the effect to the spectator, and the preparation to the criminal, [...] [...] two were taken off more cleanly. It is better than the oriental way, and (I should think) than the axe of our ancestors. The pain seems little; and yet the effect to the spectator, and the preparation to the criminal, [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4056 ExecutedToday.com » 1722: Arundel Cooke and John Woodburne, despite a novel defense Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:14:15 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4056 [...] parliamentarian John Coventry trod on the royal toes and was in consequence beaten up by some of Monmouth’s [...] [...] parliamentarian John Coventry trod on the royal toes and was in consequence beaten up by some of Monmouth’s [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4022 ExecutedToday.com » 1691: Jack Withrington, highwayman Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:02:54 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4022 [...] three years. Then he entered into the Earl of Oxford’s Regiment of Horse, in which, when Monmouth’s rebellion was suppressed in the West of England, he came up to London, where he soon met [...] [...] three years. Then he entered into the Earl of Oxford’s Regiment of Horse, in which, when Monmouth’s rebellion was suppressed in the West of England, he came up to London, where he soon met [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-3314 ExecutedToday.com » Remember to Tip the Headsman Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:07:27 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-3314 [...] used to be customary to tip the executioner, as the Duke did. Some ultimate assertion of noble contempt, or simply a bribe in the hopes of a job smoothly [...] [...] used to be customary to tip the executioner, as the Duke did. Some ultimate assertion of noble contempt, or simply a bribe in the hopes of a job smoothly [...]

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