The Peasants' Revolt of 1381
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This page deals with the Peasants' Revolt in England of 1381: the major players, the demands, and what happened next.
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Monarchy and Associates
| Name | Role | Fate |
|---|---|---|
|
King Richard II | Monarch, aged 14 | |
|
Simon Sudbury | beheaded It took 8 blows to behead him completely; head put on a spike and displayed, then skull kept as a relic in Sudbury church | |
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Sir Robert Hales |
'Hobb the Robber' | beheaded head put on a spike and displayed |
|
John of Gaunt |
King Richard's uncle |
not present at Revolt, so he survived |
|
Sir William Walworth |
Mayor of London | |
|
Henry le Despenser |
Bishop of Norwich | |
|
John Bampton |
tax commissioner |
The Peasants
| Name | Role | Fate |
|---|---|---|
|
Walter 'Wat' Tyler |
elected national leader | stabbed and beheaded |
|
John Ball | radical preacher |
hung drawn & quartered |
|
Thomas Baker | Fobbing, Essex; instigator |
hung drawn & quartered |
| Abel Kerr | Erith, Kent | |
|
Robert Belling |
cause celebre; imprisoned | |
| Thomas Wooton | deserter |
trial by combat |
| Sir Thomas Raven | MP, Bailiff of Rochester Castle | pardoned |
| John Sumner | Manningtree, Ipswich | pardoned |
| Robert Pearce | Manningtree, Ipswich | pardoned |
| John Mocking | wine merchant | pardoned |
|
John Wrawe | former chaplain |
hung drawn & quartered |
|
William Grindecobbe |
St Albans; | executed |
| Richard Scott | street conman | pilloried for something else |
| Johanna Ferrour | female leader |
Demands
First Set of Demands (Mile End)
- End to serfdom (bonded labour)
- Free market (i.e. serfs could sell produce wherever they liked)
- Land rent to be reduced to 4d per acre
- Free pardon for anyone involved in the uprising
King Richard agreed to these demands, and this was written down in charters for every town represented
Demanded government officials to be executed (Sudbury and Hales). Then a crowd rushed the Tower of London, seized the two men, and beheaded them.
Second Set of Demands (Smithfield)
- Abolition of the aristocracy (except for the King)
- Abolition of the senior clergy (except for John Ball, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Local courts
- Local police forces
King Richard agreed, with the request that the people always respect the monarchy, then led the people to Clerkenwell.
Wat Tyler, in a scuffle with the Mayor of London, was stabbed in the neck.
He was executed outside St Bartholomew's and his head taken to Clerkenwell, where the Revolt subsided, threw down their weapons and surrendered.
Sources
- The Peasants' Revolt on Wikipedia
See Also:
- The People of 1381
- Tony Robinson, Timeline: The Peasants' Revolt Part I, viewed via YouTube
- Tony Robinson, Timeline: The Peasants' Revolt Part II, viewed via YouTube
- The Peasants Are Revolting! Nov 15, 2019.
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