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15 November 1647
Mutiny at Ware
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A meeting of the New Model Army at Corkbush Field, Ware, Hertfordshire,
results in a near mutiny provoked by Leveller
agitators. Oliver Cromwell restores
order by riding up the line of soldiers and tearing copies of the Leveller
tract An Agreement of the People from the hats of the men. The
ring leaders are tried by courts martial and one man – chosen by
lots – is shot. Thomas Fairfax, leader
of the army, and Cromwell quell the mutiny, but discontent about arrears
of pay and lack of democratic reform persists in the ranks.
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