Claim: Soldiers in Edward Whalley's regiment took part in the Bishopsgate mutiny in 1649, resulting in fifteen arrests and one death.
Evidence: In April 1649, soldiers in his regiment took part in the Bishopsgate mutiny. They were ordered out of London and when they refused to go, fifteen soldiers were arrested and court-martialled, of whom six were sentenced to death. Of this six, five were subsequently pardoned while Robert Lockyer, a former Levellers agitator, was shot.