John Wildman
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Sir John Wildman was an English politician, republican activist and soldier. A prominent Leveller during the English Civil War, he helped draft the Agreement of the People and later engaged in politic
1653 engraving of John Wildman by Wenceslas Hollar. The caption reads nil admirari ("astonished at nothing")
Marble monument to John Wildman in St Andrew's parish church, Shrivenham
Putney Debates
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The Putney Debates, which took place from 28 October to 8 November 1647, were a series of discussions over the political settlement that should follow Parliament's victory over Charles I in the First
John Wildman
…of Proposals. He may have written parts of The Case of the Army Stated, and he put the views of his associates before the Council of the Army at the Putney Debates that were partly held in Putney parish church between 28 October and 11 November 1647. The soldiers, explained Wildman, "desired me to be their mouth…
St. Mary's Church, Putney, location of the Putney Debates