Cotesbach in Leicestershire was a notorious enclosure case that became a particular focus of leveller anger in 1607. The landlord John Quarles had enclosed common fields and evicted tenants, making Cotesbach a symbol of agrarian injustice. Levelling gangs descended on the enclosures and began systematic destruction of hedges. The Cotesbach action was one of the best documented of the Midlands Rising.
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