Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, 14 November 1648, to also be a mass demonstration for their cause.
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Thomas Rainsborough
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Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
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Cassivellaunus
British tribal chief. He led the defence against the invading forces of Julius Caesar in 54 BC. In this second Roman invasion he led an alliance of tribes against Roman forces, but eventually surre...
1 memorial
G. R. Maynard
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1 memorial
M. E. Smith
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Ian Fleming
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Captain Robert Hansler
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1 memorial