18th April 1655 - Penruddock goes on trial at Exeter

Fri, Jan 31, 2014

On the 18th April 1655 the trial of the Sealed Knot conspiracy began at Exeter. [1]”.

More on Penruddock:

• 11th March 1655 – Penruddock rebellion begins at Clarendon Park
• 12th March 1655 – Penruddock enters Salisbury
• 18th April 1655 – Penruddock goes on trial at Exeter
• 23rd April 1655 – John Penruddock convicted of High Treason against Cromwell
• 16th May 1655 – Penruddock beheaded

Image Credit

George Vertue [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Footnotes

[1] The Popular History Of Old & New Sarum. T. J. Northy, Published by the Wiltshire County Mirror & Express Co. Ltd., 1897. Available digitally on the Internet Archive - URL: https://archive.org/stream/popularhistoryof00nort/popularhistoryof00nort_djvu.txt.