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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