Thomas Rainsborough, a Member of Parliament and …
Years: 1648 - 1648
October
Thomas Rainsborough, a Member of Parliament and also a Leveller leader who had spoken at the Putney Debates, is killed on October 30, 1648.
His funeral is the occasion for a large Leveller-led demonstration in London, with thousands of mourners wearing the Levellers' ribbons of sea-green and bunches of rosemary for remembrance in their hats.
