The Bloody Assizes, or, A compleat history of the life of George Lord Jefferies, from his birth to this present time : wherein, among other things, is given a true account of his unheard of cruelties, and barbarous proceedings, in his whole western circuit : comprehending the whole proceedings, arraignment, tryals, and condemnation of all those who suffer'd in the west of England, in the year 1685 ... : to which is added Major Holmes's excellent speech, with the dying speeches and prayers of many other eminent Protestants ... / faithfully collected by several west-countrey gentlemen, who were both eye and ear-witnesses to all the matter of fact.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dunton, John, 1659-1733.

Bent, James.

Standardized Title:

Bloody Assizes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jeffreys, George, 1645-1689.

Jeffreys, George.

Bloody Assizes, 1685.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

70 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Compleat history of the life of George Lord Jefferies from his birth to this present time.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey, over against the Compter, and sold by R. Janeway in Queens-head-Alley in Pater-noster-Row, 1689.

Notes:

Dedication signed: James Bent. James Bent has been assumed to be a pseudonym for John Dunton. Cf. Parks, S. John Dunton, p. 40.

Later incorporated with The Dying speeches, letters, and prayers ... and additional material and published with title: A New martyrology.

Signatures: A-I⁴.

Page [2] at end blank.

"A poem, to the memory of George Lord Jefferies" signed "John Carter": p. [5]-[8].

"Advertisements": p. [1] at end.

Cited in:

Wing B1906

Parks, S. John Dunton 57

OCLC:

19375505