The Forest of Dean saw sustained popular resistance to crown enclosure and disafforestation schemes throughout the late 1620s and early 1630s. Known as the Lady Skimmington riots after a symbolic female leader identity adopted by male rioters, the Dean foresters repeatedly pulled down enclosure fences erected by patent holders. The riots reflected broader anxieties about royal forest policy and the erosion of common rights under Charles I.
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