The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John Lilburne (c.1614 - 9 Aug 1657)

English political Leveller in the English Civil Wars era 1642–1650. He was subject to a series of trials for his agitation for civil "freeborn rights," earning him the nickname "Freeborn John." His supporters struck a medal in his honour: it has his head on one side and those of the jurymen who acquitted him on the other (283). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/16654 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lilburne Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - The Interregnum (A. D. 1648-1660): Studies of the Commonwealth, Legislative, Social, and Legal.
 References in Documents:
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 80 The Famous and rare Medal of Lilburne" ref="4171">Col Lilburne, No. 446