jun 21, 1663 - The Farnley Wood Plot

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this was a famous decentre uprising in response to the y way have been treated since the restoration of the monarchy as the decentre group thrived in the Cromwellian commonwealth periods

the uprising led by a group of Quakers and Presbyterians in Yorkshire, England. The uprising was motivated by religious grievances, particularly the enforcement of the Clarendon Code, which imposed penalties on nonconformists who refused to conform to the practices of the Church of England.

However, the plot was discovered and the leaders were arrested before they could put their plan into action The uprising failed to achieve its goals, but it highlighted the growing tensions between the government and religious dissenters in England during the reign of Charles II.

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