BattlefieldsMidlands Rising — Haselbech Levelling Gang 1607
English Civil War

Midlands Rising — Haselbech Levelling Gang 1607

1607
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Crown authority
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
c.100-200 Haselbech levellers
Outcome
Enclosures levelled; hedges destroyed; action part of coordinated rising before suppressed at Newton Field
The Battle

History & Significance

Haselbech in Northamptonshire saw a levelling gang systematically pull down enclosure fences during the Midlands Rising of 1607. The village had suffered from enclosure of common pasture and the levellers here were documented as being methodical and organised rather than simply riotous. The Haselbech action was part of the broader coordinated levelling across multiple Northamptonshire villages.

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