An early mutiny by this group took place on Corkbush Field near Ware; a later one ended when three of the ringleaders were shot in a churchyard at Burford.
A document published by this group complained about the imprisonment of Major Tulidah, the oppressions of the Merchant Adventurers monopoly, and the existing government's continuation of religious persecution once carried out by the High Commission. That document was called Gold Tried in the Fire because it responded to the public burning of this group's petitions. An early mutiny by this group took place on Corkbush Field near Ware; a later one ended when three of the ringleaders were shot in a churchyard at Burford. One leader of this movement was stabbed at Doncaster by conspirators who tried to capture him in exchange for Marmaduke Langdale. That man, who was told "you must fly for refuge to an absolute natural right" by Henry Ireton, was Colonel Thomas Rainsborough, an opponent of the "grandees" at the Putney Debates. Members of this movement wore sea-green ribbons to protest the imprisonment of the author of England's New Chains Discovered, John Lilburne. FTP, identify this movement from the English Revolution, named for its platform of flattening all social distinction.
A document published by this group complained about the imprisonment of Major Tulidah, the oppressions of the Merchant Adventurers monopoly, and the existing government's continuation of religious persecution once carried out by the High Commission.
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