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Funeral

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1648–1649Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1648

Thomas RainsboroughNovember 1648

Wapping · Warfare / Civil War

Rainsborough's funeral becomes a mass Leveller demonstration in London, with supporters using sea-green ribbons as political symbols

1649

Robert Lockyer29 April 1649

London · Warfare / Civil War

Lockyer's funeral becomes a large Leveller demonstration, with mourners wearing sea-green ribbons and rosemary in memory of the cause

Names involved

Robert LockyerThomas Rainsborough

Provenance

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