54. The Pitchfork Rebellion, Somerset.
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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In this podcast we’re landing in Lyme Regis with a swashbuckling Duke who is determined to be the King.
Charles II’s eldest illegitimate son, James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, lands in the west country with a small army of soldiers intent on deposing his catholic uncle, King James II.
The duke’s uprising gains momentum and his army swells to around 8000 strong. Because the majority of the Duke’s new raw recruits are agricultural worker, rather than trained soldiers, it becomes known as the pitchfork rebellion.
The Duke’s and the King’s army meet at Sedgemoor in what is the last battle of any note ever fought on English soil.
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| 1:07.0 | In this podcast we're coming ashore with a swashbuckling Duke, determined to fight for what he considers to be rightly his, |
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| 1:39.0 | stirring up the West Country Malcontents and others of like mind, including the writer Daniel Defoe. |
| 1:48.6 | Taking on and defeating the local militias, his force grows and grows to nearly 8,000 men. The Pitch Fork Rebellion was on. |
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