Talk:George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

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Lord Chief Justice

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I have rearranged the chronology slightly to show that Jeffreys acceded to this position before the trial of Algernon Sidney (see the Rye House Plot article) and to simplify the account of his appointments by James II. As he was already a Privy Councillor, this fact doesn't need to be repeated. Richard Lugg (talk) 21:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Religion[edit]

I have changed this detail in the Infobox from the vague Protestant to Anglicanism. As result of various laws passed in Charles II's reign, non-Anglican protestants - known as Nonconformists - could not become judges.Cloptonson (talk) 13:11, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Death and Burial[edit]

I have added explanation for the removal of the remains of St Mary Aldermanbury Church to the United States - see also article on the church - and deleted the editor-added "Why?"Cloptonson (talk) 13:21, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I have just read this article, and am still unsure of whether I should laugh or cry.

There are so many points I can raise, I just don't think there are enough words to articulate them all.

To start with, the article is appalingly badly written. It provides no support for any of it's comments, which is perhaps not that supprising when they are read. Although I would hazzard a guess and say that Macaulay and Oates provided the staple background! It's bias is so prevelant it detracts from the article and in large parts is either incorrect or misleading. I am a historian, someone whose job it is to actually study historical events and discuss them, this has clearly been written by someone with no understanding of the basic principles of modern historiography.

In summary, if my opinions haven't been that well constructed, this article, if one can indeed call it that, isn't worth the time it take to read! The only thing that upsets me more, is that I will never be able to recover the time it took me to read! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.44.97 (talk • contribs)

Last edited at 13:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC). Substituted at 16:01, 29 April 2016 (UTC)