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said they later turned out to be only 50, although it had been thought they were 500 at first – to a bookseller called Mr. Johnson at St. Paul's to demand the Cathedral keys. On being refused they broke in and accosted passers-by asking who they were for. One answered "King Charles" and they shot him
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in 1637 and stayed for 22 years before returning to plot against Cromwell. He assumed leadership of the Fifth Monarchists after the execution of General
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memorial plaque (12 May 2013), championing Thomas Venner and the Fifth Monarchy Men. The banner is a replica of that used by the insurgents at the time.
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to liberate the inmates in order to join them but were repulsed by fierce fighting. Venner is said to have killed three men with a
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Incidents in the Rebellion of the Fifth Monarchy Men under Thomas Venner, and the Execution of their Leaders
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through the heart. Several musketeers sent to dislodge them were beaten back and a detachment from the
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Les Voix de Dieu: Littérature et prophétie en France et en Angleterre à l'Âge baroque
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veterans, that met in a rented room above a tavern in Swan's Alley off
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People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering
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Deliver Us From Evil. The Radical Underground in Britain, 1660–63
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The Last Speech and Prayer with other Passages of Thomas Venner
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Venner's son, also Thomas (born 1641), a fellow-rebel, led the
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on 19 October 1660. Venner led a congregation, which included
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People executed under the Stuarts for treason against England
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Thomas Venner, the Boston wine-cooper and Fifth-Monarchy man
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His grand-daughter Elizabeth married a linen draper's son,
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Burrage, Champlin. "The Fifth Monarchy Insurrections",
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Ian Bone
Thomas Rainsborough
cooper
Fifth Monarchy Men
Oliver Cromwell
London
Charles II
New England
Thomas Harrison
Charing Cross
New Model Army
Coleman Street

Samuel Pepys
London Trained Bands
Richard Browne
Ken Wood
Highgate
Wood Street
Threadneedle Street
Life Guard of Foot
John Russell
Comptor Prison
halberd
Threadneedle Street
General Monck
Old Bailey
hanged, drawn and quartered

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