Ilchester Executions 1685

Who were the 8* Martyrs executed in Ilchester?

Osmond Barrett, soapboiler of Colyton & in Monmouth’s Army

Edmund Burford of Buckland St Mary & in Monmouth’s Army

Samuel Cox in Monmouth’s Army

Matthew Cross in Monmouth’s Army

Hugh Goodenough in Monmouth’s Army

David Langwill in Monmouth’s Army

John Masters, tenant of West Hatch & in Monmouth’s Army

John Mortimer of North Petherton & in Monmouth’s Army

William Somerton of Chiselborough & in Monmouth’s Army

John Stephens of Wilton & in Monmouth’s Army

Robert Townsend in Monmouth’s Army

John Waldrond of Ilminster & in Monmouth’s Army

 

* Only 8 of 12 are Hanged, reference John Whiting, Persecution Exposed

 

May their souls rest in peace.

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