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Rye House Plot
In spring 1683 radical Whigs planned to ambush Charles II and James, Duke of York, at Rye House near Hoddesdon after Newmarket races;…
Timeline
- 1683Rye House · HertfordshireRadicals planned to ambush Charles II and the Duke of York at the narrow stretch of road at Rye House as they returned from the Newmarket races. A fire at the course forced the king to return to London early, and the ambush was never carried out.
- 1683Tower of London · LondonAfter the denunciation the government widened its pursuit. Lord Russell was executed on 21 July and Sidney on 7 December; Monmouth, implicated, went into hiding and was pardoned by Charles II. The crown used the case to purge the Whigs.
Sources
- Rye House Plot https://www.britannica.com/event/Rye-House-Plot
- Revolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises of Government — Richard Ashcraft (1986)