Westonzoyland

Meanwhile Lord Feversham was advancing at the head of the royalist army and had been joined by Churchill.

They encamped at Weston Zoyland, a village in Somersetshire, which rose out of the midst of a marsh called Sedgemoor.

Monmouth determined to risk a night attack on the royalist camp, for Feversham was an utterly incompetent commander and the discipline of his camp was lax.

Monmouth thought that if he could effect a surprise his chances might not be altogether hopeless.