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Wat Tyler: Leader of Peasant Revolt

Wat Tyler was a leader of the Peasant's Revolt in England in 1381. He led a force of over 50,000 peasants into London to protest the oppressive poll tax imposed by King Richard II. Tyler and his men entered the city without resistance, seized the Tower of London, and beheaded the unpopular Archbishop of Canterbury. The rebels demanded economic and social reforms, presenting their demands to the king in a charter. However, Tyler was later killed during negotiations with the king, effectively ending the revolt.

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Wat Tyler: Leader of Peasant Revolt

Wat Tyler was a leader of the Peasant's Revolt in England in 1381. He led a force of over 50,000 peasants into London to protest the oppressive poll tax imposed by King Richard II. Tyler and his men entered the city without resistance, seized the Tower of London, and beheaded the unpopular Archbishop of Canterbury. The rebels demanded economic and social reforms, presenting their demands to the king in a charter. However, Tyler was later killed during negotiations with the king, effectively ending the revolt.

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With news of rebellions of the upper classes in France and Flanders, the English readied for an
insurrection. John Ball, Jack Straw and others advocated for the destruction of the hierarchical 
feudal system. Ball, like Tyler, held egalitarian values, though the medieval historian
Jean Froissart describes Ball as insane. Other contemporaries suggest that he was involved with
the Lollard movement. Such harsh, often unfounded attitudes toward the rebels are common
among chroniclers as they belonged to the educated upper classes, usually the targets of
rebellion and not supporters of it. Thus, it is difficult to get an accurate sense of the actual aims
and goals of rebels as their side of the story is not represented in historical accounts. However
his name does appear in many monk scripts that were discovered throughout the years.
Richard II ascended to power after the death of Edward III; he was only 14 at the time of the
rebellion. Since he was a minor, the Dukes ofLancaster, York, and Gloucester governed in his
name. These officials were the main targets of the rebels, who held that they were traitors to
the king and undermined his authority. Several unsuccessful expeditions against France added to
the burden on the English working class. The government resolved on a poll tax of three groats,
which outraged the people because it was the same for rich and poor.
Reacting to the introduction of the oppressive poll tax, which the king had imposed because not
enough income had been collected the previous year, Tyler led a force of peasants in taking 
Canterbury, before advancing on to Blackheath, outside London. Tyler then entered the city of
London at the head of a peasant army estimated at numbering over 50,000 men. After crossing
London Bridge without resistance, the rebels then gained entry to the Tower of London and
captured Simon Sudbury, the unpopular Archbishop of Canterbury, before proceeding to behead
him and several of his followers. The rebels also destroyed the Savoy palace during subsequent
rioting and killed the king's uncle. Richard of Wallingford presented a charter to King Richard II
on behalf of Tyler.
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