In the more well-known such occurrence, James Daniel famously escaped by means of a secret chamber while Edward Strode saved his own life by producing his daughter's dowry, a gold apron.  
This name is also used for the events of 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada.  In the more well-known such occurrence, James Daniel famously escaped by means of a secret chamber while Edward Strode saved his own life by producing his daughter's dowry, a gold apron.  The young women of Taunton were ransomed by their parents for 1,000 pounds and Colonel Kirke executed Elizabeth Gaunt-the last woman burned in England for political crimes.  It resulted in the elevation of Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys of Wem to Lord Chancellor and in the execution of between 150 and 200 people from throughout the Dorset region.   FTP, name these Dorchester based trials that followed a rebellion against James II by James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth.
This name is also used for the events of 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada.  
Bloody Assizes  [prompt on "Monmouth Rebellion" before the word "Dorchester"]