The release of the seven bishops after their trial in Westminster Hall June 29, 1688. King James II brought the proceeding against seven prominent bishops of the Church of England. For defying a controversial order of the king; the prelates were accused of seditious libel. Their successful defense against the charge helped to encourage the opposition to the king that culminated six months later in the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688. From English and Scottish History, published 1882.