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| 1649 in england | |
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The mutiny was over pay and Political demands. The pay issue was defused by Oliver Cromwell acknowledging the justice of the soldiers' financial grievances and securing £10,000 towards payment of arrears from Parliament. But 400 troopers under the command of Captain William Thompson who were sympathetic to the Levellers set off from Banbury , where they were billeted to speak with other regiments at Salisbury about their political demands. Major White was sent by Cromwell and , 1649 . This destroyed the Leveller's power base in the New Model Army. SEE ALSO
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