Agitators
Sexby is associated with the soldier representatives who press the Army's grievances as the New Model Army refuses disbandment until arrears, indemnity and political safeguards are secured
Role range: 1642-1649
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Edward Sexby Biography and Timeline
Follow Edward Sexby through 9 dated historical records for England.
Edward Sexby, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1647–1647Years on this page
1647
Army Council
Sexby represents rank-and-file pressure within the Army Council, where Agitators insist that the Army's grievances must be treated as matters of public justice rather than mutiny
Role range: 1642-1649
Agreement of the People
Sexby explains that soldiers and their civilian advisers have come to the Army Council to press the Agreement of the People because the Army's sacrifices require a secure public settlement
Role range: 1642-1649
Levellers
Sexby represents the Army radical side of the Leveller cause, arguing that the soldiers' sacrifices in the war require a settlement based on liberty, indemnity and political security
Role range: 1642-1649
Putney Debates
Sexby says the Army and kingdom require speedy relief, making soldiers' arrears, indemnity and constitutional security part of the reason the debates take place
Role range: 1642-1649
Putney Debates
Sexby takes part for the Army radicals, explaining that soldiers and their advisers have come to present their constitutional demands to the General Council of the Army
Role range: 1642-1649
Putney Debates
Sexby speaks for rank-and-file soldiers pressing for a broader political settlement.
Role range: 1642-1651
Putney Debates
Sexby and the Agitators remain concerned that any compromise must satisfy soldiers who believed the Army had fought for liberty as well as pay and indemnity
Role range: 1642-1649
Putney Debates
Sexby and the Agitators fail to secure adoption of the Leveller Agreement, but the debates leave a lasting record of soldiers demanding political consent
Role range: 1642-1649
Records, sources and methodology
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