1381 - The commons revolt: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion (31 mars 1381 – 31 juill. 1381)

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o Citizens would rather die than to return to the hands of Pisan
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o “commonly exacted [tax] from the poor and not from the rich, to the great profit and advantage of the tax-collectors
o People were so angry they would not pay a penny
o Thomas the tax collector demanded that people were arrested and put in prison
o They went to kill Thomas instead
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o The commoners went around beheading people unless they supported them
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o They wanted to be granted the heads lords and bishops
o The king told them to all go home and that he would dismiss their anger
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o Commoners cut off many peoples heads and put them on poles
o The king’s household stabbed Watt Tyler and the Mayor beheaded him, so the commoners fell to the ground imploring the king for mercy
o To which the king did and told them to go home and chaperoned them home without harm