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====Midland Revolt====
{{further|Midland Revolt}}
In May and June 1607 the villages of Cotesbach (Leicestershire); Ladbroke, Hillmorton and Chilvers Coton (Warwickshire); and [[Haselbech]], Rushton and Pytchley (Northamptonshire) saw protests against enclosures and depopulation.{{sfn|Hindle|2008|pages=21–61}} The rioting that took place became known as the [[Midland Revolt]] and drew considerable popular support from the local people.{{efn|name=leic|The people involved in the protest were not just the dispossessed tenants of depopulated Midland villages but also included urban-dwellers struggling to make ends meet in the towns, especially Leicester and Kettering.{{sfn|Hindle|2008|pages=21–61}}}} It was led by John Reynolds, otherwise known as 'Captain Pouch' who was thought to be an itinerant pedlar or tinker, by trade, and said to have originated from [[Desborough]], Northamptonshire.{{sfn|Hindle|2008|pages=21–61}} He told the protesters he had authority from the King and the Lord of Heaven to destroy enclosures and promised to protect protesters by the contents of his pouch, carried by his side, which he said would keep them from all harm (after he was captured, his pouch was opened; all that was in it was a piece of [[mouldy cheese]]). A curfew was imposed in the city of Leicester, as it was feared citizens would stream out of the city to join the riots.{{efn|name=leic}} A [[gibbet]] was erected in [[Leicester]] as a warning, and was pulled down by the citizens.{{sfn|Hindle|2008|pages=21–61}}{{sfn|Wood|2001|pages=118–119}}