Diggers

• Who was the leader of the Diggers?

  Gerard Winstanley
• What was the Diggers’ publication?

  ‘The True Levellers Standard Advanced’
• What were some of the Digger’s aims?

  Universal male and female education, abolition of the monarchy and House of Lords, and land to be shared between all
• Where did the Diggers have communities?

  Surrey, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire
• When was the first Digger community created?

  April 1649 in St George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey
• What happened to the first Digger community?

  A court case was brought against them by local farmers and landowners, and four months later they were disbanded
• What did the Diggers refuse to do when meeting with Thomas Fairfax?

  Doff their caps