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Events on Monday 24 November 1681 2
1681Grand jury rejects treason charge against ShaftesburyWhig leader freed by an ignoramus verdictThe Earl of Shaftesbury, leader of the Whig campaign to exclude the Duke of York from the throne, had been arrested in July on a charge of high treason. A London grand jury packed with Whigs returned the bill 'ignoramus', so he was released. He fled to the Netherlands the following year.
1681Grand jury rejects treason charge against ShaftesburyWhig leader freed by an ignoramus verdictThe Earl of Shaftesbury, leader of the Whig campaign to exclude the Duke of York from the throne, had been arrested in July on a charge of high treason. A London grand jury packed with Whigs returned the bill 'ignoramus', so he was released. He fled to the Netherlands the following year.