John Lilburne

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John Lilburne was a prominent 17th-century English political activist and pamphleteer who became a leading voice for civil liberties, religious freedom, and popular sovereignty during the English Civil War.

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instanceOf English dissident
Leveller
human
pamphleteer
political activist
advocatedFor equality before the law
extension of the franchise
written constitution
alsoKnownAs Freeborn John
associatedWith Richard Overton
Thomas Prince
William Walwyn
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1614
dateOfDeath 1657
familyName Lilburne
givenName John
influenced development of ideas of freeborn rights
later civil liberties movements in England
knownFor advocacy of civil liberties
advocacy of popular sovereignty
advocacy of religious freedom
defense of trial by jury
opposition to arbitrary imprisonment
legalCase treason trial in 1649
trial before the Star Chamber in 1638
movement Levellers
notableWork Anatomy of the Lords Tyranny
England's Birthright Justified
Rash Oaths Unwarrantable
The Free-man's Freedom Vindicated
The Just Man's Justification
The Legal Fundamental Liberties of the People of England
occupation political writer
publisher
soldier
opposed censorship of the press
compulsory oaths in legal proceedings
participatedIn English Civil War
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Eltham
positionHeld officer in the Parliamentarian army
religion Puritanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Dewell
wasImprisonedBy Council of State
House of Lords
Star Chamber

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Levellers notableMember John Lilburne
Army Council hasMember John Lilburne
Agreement of the People draftedBy John Lilburne
William Walwyn associatedWith John Lilburne
Richard Overton contemporaryOf John Lilburne