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Petition

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

4Records
1642–1648Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1642

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd3 June 1642

Heworth Moor · Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax presents a Yorkshire petition urging the King to return to Westminster.

1645

John LilburneOctober 1645

London · Warfare / Civil War

A petition signed by more than 2,000 London citizens helps secure Lilburne's release after his imprisonment for denouncing comfortable Members of Parliament while common soldiers suffered

1646

William Walwyn1646

London · Warfare / Civil War

Walwyn helps organise London support for petitions demanding legal and political reform during the growth of the Leveller movement

1648

John Lilburne11 September 1648

London · Warfare / Civil War

Leveller supporters present a large London petition to Parliament demanding reforms associated with the Agreement of the People

Names involved

John LilburneThomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rdWilliam Walwyn

Provenance

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