biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1614–57)
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| biography:
| Pamphleteer and extreme Leveller (Puritan), probably born in Greenwich, EC Greater London, UK, but with family origins in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. In 1638 he imported illegal Puritan literature from Holland, for which he was whipped, and imprisoned until 1640 by the Star Chamber. He was a captain in the Parliamentary army in the Civil War (1642), but resigned in 1645 over the Covenant. He became an indefatigable agitator for the Levellers, demanding greater liberty of conscience and numerous reforms, and was repeatedly imprisoned for his treasonable pamphlets. |
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