Jeffreys

Baron Jeffreys (1645-1689) was a Welsh judge, of infamous memory, born in Wales. He became Chief-Justice of England in 1863. He was one of the advisers and promoters of the tyrannical proceedings of James II's reign, and notorious for his cruel and vindictive judgments as a judge, to the indignation of the people. He tried to escape on the arrival of William. He was discovered lurking in a public-house at Wapping, and apprehended and committed to the Tower, where he died.

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