Henry Marten (regicide)
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Henry Marten was a Member of Parliament from Oxford, who sat in the English House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1653. An ardent republican, he was jailed by Parliament during the First
Henry Marten by Peter Lely, c. 1640
Marten's Tower, his apartments within Chepstow Castle
John Lilburne
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John Lilburne, also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642–1650. He coined the term "freeborn rights", defining them as rights w
Henry Marten (regicide)
…Presbyterians, and, supporting the New Model Army against the Long Parliament, he signed the agreement of August 1647. He was closely associated with John Lilburne and the Levellers, and was one of those who suspected the sincerity of Oliver Cromwell, whose murder he is said personally to have contemplated. However…
John Lilburne, a portrait by the engraver George Glover, 1641
John Lilburne on the pillory at Westminster in, 1638
Lilburne reads from Coke's Institutes at his trial.