English radicals of the mid‐17th century. The Levellers were led by John Lilburne, William Walwyn, and John Wildman, and their early strength lay with the London poor. By 1647 they had won considerable support among the lower ranks of the New Model Army. In that year Leveller ‘Agitators’ were elected from each regiment to participate in the Putney debates, with Cromwell and the Army Grandees, in an attempt to resolve disagreements. Their political programme, embodied in such documents as the Agreement of the People, was less radical than that of the True Levellers or Diggers. It demanded the abolition of the monarchy and House of Lords, sovereignty for the people, manhood suffrage, social reform, liberty of conscience, and equality before the law. Exasperated by the conservatism of the Grandees and Parliament, they mutinied in 1647 and 1649. By May 1649 both the civilian and military wings of the movement had been broken.