What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: This house, built c.1600, sheltered James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, from 28th-30th June, 1685, when Frome people 'called him King as confidently as if he had the crown on his head'. After years of neglect, Monmouth Chambers was restored by Mrs. D. Brown, M.A., M.B.E., of Bristol, in 1992. Assisted by Frome Historic Buildings Trust, Mendip D. C. and English Heritage. Recorded plaque organisation: Frome Society for Local Study.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, was an illegitimate son of King Charles II and a claimant to the throne during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685; his stay at this house in Frome highlights the local support he garnered before his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
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