This movement was not put down until Henry le Despenser defeated John Litster's army, long after it had targeted Fleet prison and Savoy palace. Some of its instigators grievances about the Statute of Laborers, but it executed Robert Hales and Simon of Sudbury for administering the one-shilling fee that nominally sparked it. Shortly after it rose ou
This movement was not put down until Henry le Despenser defeated John Litster's army, long after it had targeted Fleet prison and Savoy palace. Some of its instigators grievances about the Statute of Laborers, but it executed Robert Hales and Simon of Sudbury for administering the one-shilling fee that nominally sparked it. Shortly after it rose out of Essex and Kent to challenge Richard II, its leader was killed in a scuffle with William Walworth, the mayor of London. For ten points, name this campaign against the poll tax of 1380 led by Wat Tyler.
This movement was not put down until Henry le Despenser defeated John Litster's army, long after it had targeted Fleet prison and Savoy palace.
{Peasants’ Revolt} (accept Wat {Tyler}’s Rebellion or Wat {Tyler}’s Revolt before “Wat Tyler”)