The Oxfordshire Rising of 1596 was suppressed before it could begin. Bartholomew Steere and others planned to assemble on Enslow Hill on 21 November 1596 and march on London protesting enclosures and food dearth. Government agents infiltrated the plot and the leaders were arrested before more than a handful of men assembled. The subsequent interrogations under torture in the Tower revealed the depth of agrarian discontent in Oxfordshire.
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