After the disbanding of this group, one of its founders became an employee at the estate of the mystic Lady Eleanor Davies, who claimed to be the prophet Melchisedecke, the Queen of Peace. This group issued the Wellingborough Declaration, in which they claimed it is better to "die by the Sword than by the Famine." A faction of this group was locked in a battle with John Platt after they settled at Cobham Heath, while another faction settled at St. George's Hill and renamed it George Hill. Led early on by William Everard, the philosophy of this group was put forth in The New Law of Righteousness, the primary text by its major leader Gerrard Winstanley. The True Levell
After the disbanding of this group, one of its founders became an employee at the estate of the mystic Lady Eleanor Davies, who claimed to be the prophet Melchisedecke, the Queen of Peace. This group issued the Wellingborough Declaration, in which they claimed it is better to "die by the Sword than by the Famine." A faction of this group was locked in a battle with John Platt after they settled at Cobham Heath, while another faction settled at St. George's Hill and renamed it George Hill. Led early on by William Everard, the philosophy of this group was put forth in The New Law of Righteousness, the primary text by its major leader Gerrard Winstanley. The True Levellers is often a moniker for this group of Protestant radicals. For 10 points, name this English religious group that took their moniker from their penchant for carrying shovels.