Penruddock uprising
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The Penruddock Uprising was a Royalist revolt launched on 11 March 1655, intending to restore Charles II to the throne of England. It was led by John Penruddock, a Wiltshire landowner who fought for C
Colonel John Penruddock
John Thurloe; Cromwell's spymaster who was aware of the proposed uprising several months before
South Molton town centre, where the rebels were trapped on 14 March 1655
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
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.