1st baron jeffreys wem
[jef-reez] /ˈdʒɛf riz/
noun
george (1st baron jeffreys of wem) 1648–89, english jurist.
sir harold, 1891–1989, british geophysicist and astronomer.
jeffreys
/ˈdʒɛfrɪz/
noun
george, 1st baron jeffreys of wem. ?1645–89, english judge, notorious for his brutality at the “bl–dy -ssizes” (1685), where those involved in monmouth’s rebellion were tried
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