Corkbush Field mutiny

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The Corkbush Field mutiny was a 1647 revolt by elements of the New Model Army protesting political and pay grievances, which was swiftly suppressed by army leadership to reassert discipline after the Putney Debates.

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Corkbush Field mutiny canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mutiny ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
aim to press for political reforms ⓘ
to secure payment of arrears ⓘ
cause discontent over the Army Council’s negotiations with the king ⓘ
fear of disbandment without arrears being paid ⓘ
pay grievances ⓘ
political grievances ⓘ
conflictType military mutiny ⓘ
country England ⓘ
date 1647 ⓘ
followedBy further purges of radical elements in the army ⓘ
hasContext post-Putney Debates crisis in the New Model Army ⓘ
involved New Model Army ⓘ
location Corkbush Field ⓘ
near Ware, Hertfordshire ⓘ
opposedBy New Model Army leadership ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army

Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
participant soldiers of the New Model Army ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army
partOf English Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Putney Debates ⓘ
relatedTo Agitators in the New Model Army ⓘ
Leveller movement ⓘ
linked to: Levellers

Putney Debates ⓘ
result execution of ringleaders ⓘ
reassertion of discipline in the New Model Army ⓘ
swift suppression of the mutiny ⓘ
weakening of Leveller influence in the army ⓘ
significance demonstrated limits of political radicalism tolerated by army leadership ⓘ
helped consolidate control of Fairfax and Cromwell over the New Model Army ⓘ

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Putney Debates → followedBy → Corkbush Field mutiny ⓘ