. ▁Davis , ▁who ▁has ▁in ▁general ▁expressed ▁considerable ▁doubt ▁about ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁peculiar ▁do ctr ines ▁as cribed ▁to ▁the ▁Ran ters , ▁cons iders ▁Clark son ▁to ▁be ▁genu ine , ▁if ▁alone : ▁I ▁have ▁conced ed ▁that ▁Laur ence ▁Clark son ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 0 ▁came ▁closest ▁to ▁the ▁R anter ▁s tere ot ype , ▁while ▁arg uing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁isolated ▁individual ▁len ient ly ▁de alt ▁with ▁by ▁authorities , ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁so - called ▁aut obi ography ▁of ▁ 1 6 6 0 , ▁The ▁Lost ▁She ep ▁Found , ▁is ▁no ▁valid ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁ 1 6 4 9 - 5 0 . ▁Though ▁considerable ▁controvers y ▁has ▁followed ▁from ▁Davis ' s ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁the ▁canonical ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁Ran ters , ▁that ▁controvers y ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁over ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁Clark son ' s ▁ideas , ▁which ▁are ▁by ▁and ▁large ▁agreed ▁on ▁by ▁all ▁parties ▁to ▁the ▁debate , ▁but ▁merely ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁their ▁influence . ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 7 ▁whilst ▁imprison ed ▁for ▁deb t . ▁ ▁Major ▁surv iving ▁works ▁Tr uth ▁released ▁from ▁prison ▁to ▁its ▁former ▁liberty , ▁ 1 6 4 6 . ▁A ▁Gener all ▁Char ge ▁or , ▁Im pe achment ▁of ▁High - tre ason , ▁in ▁the ▁Name ▁of ▁Justice ▁Equ ity , ▁Again st ▁the ▁Commun ality ▁of ▁England , ▁ 1 6 4