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Battle of Sedgemoor
1685
6 July 1685
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Monmouth Rebellion

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Rebelling against his Catholic uncle King James II of England, James Duke of Monmouth raised a Protestant revolt in the west, comprising largely miners and peasants. At Sedgemoor, near Bridgewater in Somerset, he was crushed by General Louis Duras Earl of Feversham and John Churchill. Monmouth was beheaded and over 1,000 rebels were executed or transported.


   
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