Person    | Male  Born 9/4/1649  Died 15/7/1685

Duke of Monmouth

Categories: Execution, Royalty

Countries: Netherlands

Born James Scott (or Crofts or Fitzroy) at Rotterdam. Illegitimate son of King Charles II and Lucy Walter. He came to England in 1662 where he was created Duke of Monmouth. 1682 he had Monmouth House built in what is now Soho Square.

At the death of Charles II, he landed at Lyme Regis, raised a fighting force, and at Taunton, declared himself as King James II, to the displeasure of King James II, legitimate son of King Charles II. He was captured and returned to London where he was beheaded on Tower Hill. A grim little story says that after his death his head was stitched back on his body so that a painting could be made, possibly the one of a man, once identified as Monmouth, lying down with his eyes shut.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Duke of Monmouth

Commemorated ati

Monmouth House

A.D. MMIX This building stands on the site of the former coach-house of Monmo...

Read More

Tower Hill Martyrs - list

{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...

Read More

Other Subjects

Thomas Bowyer

Thomas Bowyer

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
William Horne

William Horne

Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Executed at Tyburn.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater

James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater

Jacobite.  Either 'Radcliffe' or 'Radclyffe'. Illegitimate grandson of Charles II on his mother's side. A very wealthy Northumbrian nobleman, brought up in France. Captured at the Battle of Preston...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, France

1 memorial
Ralph Jackson

Ralph Jackson

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Born Wales.  His father was executed by Richard III.  Buckingham was part of the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII but his Plantagenet heritage made Henry suspicious of him and so following a trial...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, Wales

1 memorial