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Events of Peasants Revolt 1381
- The Spark
- John of Gaunt raises Poll Tax
to fund 100 years war plan
- Poll Tax, 1377=4d
1380=4d 1381=12d
- Essex 1377 : 50000 approx people pay tax
- Essex 1381 30000 approx people pay tax
- John hires Hales as treasurer -
main task of collecting unpaid tax
- Fobbing Tax Collector - checks peoples
daughters to see if they're adults
- Disgusting practice - people pay
to avoid daughters being touched
- Brentwood Court - Lord Bampton in Charge
- Orders local men to pay tax - peasants
turn on guards, Bampton flees
- Word spreads - more villages refuse
to pay - leads to march on London
- Word spreads - more villages refuse
to pay - leads to march on London
- Orders local men to pay tax - peasants
turn on guards, Bampton flees
- Brentwood Court - Lord Bampton in Charge
- Disgusting practice - people pay
to avoid daughters being touched
- Fobbing Tax Collector - checks peoples
daughters to see if they're adults
- John hires Hales as treasurer -
main task of collecting unpaid tax
- Essex 1381 30000 approx people pay tax
- Essex 1377 : 50000 approx people pay tax
- Poll Tax, 1377=4d
1380=4d 1381=12d
- John of Gaunt raises Poll Tax
to fund 100 years war plan
- Key People
- Richard II
- 14 year old king
- 14 year old king
- John of Gaunt
- King's advisor/in charge of army
- King's advisor/in charge of army
- Sudbury
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- King's advisor
- King's advisor
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Wat Tyler
- Leader of the Peasants Revolt
- Leader of the Peasants Revolt
- Hales
- treasurer - in charge
of collecting tax
- treasurer - in charge
of collecting tax
- John Ball
- Influential Priest - one
of leaders of the revolt
- Influential Priest - one
of leaders of the revolt
- Richard II
- Beginning - 13th June
- King sails out to Blackheath
- Peasants demand to speak
with his advisors
- King refuses sails back to tower of London
- Peasants march into Suffolk
- Release prisoners whilst there
- Peasant joined by some
wealthy + important people
- Could only enter London via London Bridge
- Seemed to negotiate way in somehow, possible
influence of important men convinced guards?
- Many Londoners welcomed peasants - however
there is fear about possible destruction caused
- Many Londoners welcomed peasants - however
there is fear about possible destruction caused
- Seemed to negotiate way in somehow, possible
influence of important men convinced guards?
- Could only enter London via London Bridge
- Release prisoners whilst there
- Peasants march into Suffolk
- King refuses sails back to tower of London
- Peasants demand to speak
with his advisors
- King sails out to Blackheath
- Rioting
- Peasants believed John of Gaunt was to blame
- was in Scotland at the time, luckily for him
- Wrecked Savoy Palace, throwing
posessions into Thames
- Made point of not stealing goods, here purely to destroy goods
belonging to King's advisors - not personal gains
- Left Palace in ruins for decades - made a statement
- Had a massive national impact - message
spread to Europe - big news
- Around 300 dead, a lot compared to pop of London at the time
- People horrified that 'vermin' peasants
were able to organise mass movement
- People horrified that 'vermin' peasants
were able to organise mass movement
- Around 300 dead, a lot compared to pop of London at the time
- Had a massive national impact - message
spread to Europe - big news
- Left Palace in ruins for decades - made a statement
- Made point of not stealing goods, here purely to destroy goods
belonging to King's advisors - not personal gains
- was in Scotland at the time, luckily for him
- Peasants believed John of Gaunt was to blame
- 14th June
- King meets peasants at mile end
- Agrees to demands - gets it in writing
- Richard needs to keep his country
- Tower of London had never fell til revolt
- Drawbridge down, King or someone
close was on peasants side
- Hales and Sudbury executed by peasants
- Made huge difference in just a
week - massive society change
- Trusted Richard to keep to word - many
satisfied peasants went home
- Wat Tyler not finished, wanted more.
- Wat Tyler not finished, wanted more.
- Trusted Richard to keep to word - many
satisfied peasants went home
- Made huge difference in just a
week - massive society change
- Hales and Sudbury executed by peasants
- Drawbridge down, King or someone
close was on peasants side
- Tower of London had never fell til revolt
- Richard needs to keep his country
- Agrees to demands - gets it in writing
- King meets peasants at mile end
- 15th June
- Peasants met Richard at Smithfield
- Peasants armed - no difference
between royals and peasants
- Peasants had long bows + many violent weapons
- Roughly 300-400 peasants to 200 King's men
- Possibly was a plot to embarrass Wat publicly
- Wat gives demands - King accepts
- Wat then killed, different versions of storys
- stabbed in the neck, left for dead
- Richard rides into crowd, announces that he is their king, leads them to Clarkenwell
- Tyler's head cut off, taken to rebels, who were surrounded and demoralised
- Richard had never been on peasants side
- Richard had never been on peasants side
- Tyler's head cut off, taken to rebels, who were surrounded and demoralised
- Richard rides into crowd, announces that he is their king, leads them to Clarkenwell
- stabbed in the neck, left for dead
- Wat then killed, different versions of storys
- Wat gives demands - King accepts
- Possibly was a plot to embarrass Wat publicly
- Roughly 300-400 peasants to 200 King's men
- Peasants had long bows + many violent weapons
- Peasants armed - no difference
between royals and peasants
- Peasants met Richard at Smithfield
- Aftermath
- King sent men to kill leaders of revolt
- 100s dead before official prosecutions
- Over next 5 months, rebellion wiped out completely
- King wanted revolt ended and forgotten about -embarrassed
- Sudbury supporters retrieved head and
returned it to his cathedral
- Sudbury supporters retrieved head and
returned it to his cathedral
- King wanted revolt ended and forgotten about -embarrassed
- Over next 5 months, rebellion wiped out completely
- 100s dead before official prosecutions
- King sent men to kill leaders of revolt
- Impact
- Showed peasants could get together and organise mass powerful movement
- Set the tone for further revolts in later centuries
- Idea of protesting for justice lived on
- Showed peasants could get together and organise mass powerful movement
- Demands
- Blackheath
- 1. to meet King in person
- 2. That some nobles be handed
over to peasants
- 2. That some nobles be handed
over to peasants
- 1. to meet King in person
- Mile End
- 1. End of serfdom
- 2. Free sale of produce
- 3.Rent at 4d per acre/per annum
- 4.Noone to be punished for involvement
- 4.Noone to be punished for involvement
- 3.Rent at 4d per acre/per annum
- 2. Free sale of produce
- 1. End of serfdom
- Smithfield
- 1. Freedom from social heirarchy - no higher
clergy but King and John Ball as Archbishop
- 2. local police and courts to be put in place
- 3. Redistribution of wealth
- 3. Redistribution of wealth
- 2. local police and courts to be put in place
- 1. Freedom from social heirarchy - no higher
clergy but King and John Ball as Archbishop
- Did not demand end to poll tax
- Shows there were other bigger issues around at time
- Shows there were other bigger issues around at time
- Blackheath
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