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LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685) , commonly known as Lady Alice Lisle
Hampshire family; her husband, John Lisle
House
Hickes
Hickes
house
Jeffreys at the opening of the "Bloody Assizes " at Winchester. She pleaded that she had no knowledge that Hickes's offence was anything more serious than illegal preaching, that she had known nothing previously of Nelthorpe (whose name was not included in the indictment, but was, nevertheless, mentioned to strengthen the case for the Crown), and that she had no sympathy with the rebellion. The jury reluctantly found her guilty, and, the law recognizing no distinction between principals and accessories in treason, she was sentenced to be burned. Jeffreys ordered that the sentenceshould be carried out that same afternoon, but a few days' respite was subsequently granted, and James II. allowed beheading to be substituted for burning. Lady Lisle was executed in Winchester market-place on the 2nd of September 1685. By many writers her death has been termed a judicial murder, and one of the first acts of parliament of William and Mary reversed the attainder on the ground that the prosecution was irregular and the verdict injuriously extorted by " the menaces and viclences and other illegal practices " of Jeffreys. It is, however, extremely doubtful whether Jeffreys, for all his gross
letter of the existing law.See Howell, State Trials; H. B. Irving, Life of Judge Jeffreys; Stephen, History of the Criminal Law of England. End of Article: LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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