Midland Revolt
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The Midland Revolt was a popular uprising which occurred in the
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" was first used.
Newton Rebellion
The culmination of the revolt was the Newton Rebellion. In early June, over a thousand protesters, including women and children, gathered in
Puritan family, the Montagus of Boughton House. Now Tresham of Newton was enclosing common land, the Brand, which had been part of Rockingham Forest
.
hanged and quartered
.
There is a memorial to the executed at St Faith's Church, Newton, but parish and
assize records have disappeared. The Tresham family declined soon after. The Montagu family went on through marriage to become Dukes of Buccleuch, one of the biggest landowners in Britain.[4]
The Newton Rebellion was one of the last occasions when the peasantry and the gentry of England were in open conflict. John Reynolds' pouch was found after he was captured. When opened, it was found to contain only a piece of green cheese, according to the Chronicles of Stow. Reynolds was hanged.
References
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- Levellerwas to describe protesters who "levelled" hedges.
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