George Jeffreys founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church
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GEORGEJEFFREYSJEFFREYS, 1ST Baron (1648-1689), lord chancellor of England, son of John Jeffreys, a Welsh country gentleman, was born at Acton Park, his father's seat in Denbighshire, in 1648.
Jeffreys threw in his lot with the latter, displaying his zeal by initiating the movement of the "abhorrers" (q.v.) against the "petitioners" who were giving voice to the popular demand for the summoning of parliament.
Jeffreys was briefed for the crown in the prosecution of Lord William Howard; and, having been raised to the bench as lord chief justice of the king's bench in September, he presided at the trials of Algernon Sidney in November 1683 and of Sir Thomas Armstrong in the following June.
GeorgeJeffreys (1648-1689), Baron Wem, better known as "Judge Jeffreys," became notorious during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor.
Jeffreys was knighted in 1677 and by 1680 had become chief justice of Chester.
One of several trials which showed how far Jeffreys was prepared to go in order to curry royal favour was that of Algernon Sidney, who had been implicated in the Rye House Plot[?] and was convicted on the flimsiest evidence and executed.
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