According to the chronicler, Hocsem of Liege, they originated in Germany in the late 13th century.  
According to the chronicler, Hocsem of Liege, they originated in Germany in the late 13th century.  Their name is either a reference to a method of singing or is derived from the Latin for "tare", and it appears in such contemporary dramas as The Plowman's Tale and Pierce, the Plowman's Crede.  The title was most famously ascribed by the Oxford professor Henry Crumpe, who applied it to Nicolas Hereford and several knights associated with John of Gaunt; while John Oldcastle was probably the most famous adherent at a later date.  FTP, name this itinerant, anti-clerical European religious movement, today generally associated with the followers of John Wycliffe.
According to the chronicler, Hocsem of Liege, they originated in Germany in the late 13th century.  
Lollards