Richard Overton

1631–1664

Nationality: English

Historical Period: The Early Modern Period

Richard Overton (1631-1664) was an actor, playwright, and Leveller pamphleteer during the English Revolution. He had his own secret printing press and wrote many articles for the Leveller journal The Moderate. His most important works include Mans Mortalitie (1644), An Arrow against all Tyrants (1646), and A Defiance against all Arbitrary Usurpations (1646).

• Author: An Arrow against all Tyrants
• Author: BOLL 32: Richard Overton, “An Arrow against all Tryants and Tyrany” (October, 1646)
• Author: Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9)