What happened What happened during the during the

Peasants’ Revolt?Peasants’ Revolt?

Your taskYour task Use pages 76-77 to find the important Use pages 76-77 to find the important

events of the Peasants’ Revoltevents of the Peasants’ Revolt

You will describe the important events, You will describe the important events, don’t forget to mention the PEOPLE who don’t forget to mention the PEOPLE who the peasants were attacking.the peasants were attacking.Remember to include DATES and Remember to include DATES and PLACES!PLACES!

May 1381May 1381 King’s commissioners are attacked in King’s commissioners are attacked in

Fobbing in Essex whilst trying to collect Fobbing in Essex whilst trying to collect new poll tax. Three commissioners are new poll tax. Three commissioners are beheaded and their heads put on poles beheaded and their heads put on poles and paraded around nearby villages.and paraded around nearby villages.

May 1381May 1381

Thousands of peasants meet in Thousands of peasants meet in Maidstone and choose Wat Tyler, former Maidstone and choose Wat Tyler, former soldier as their leader. He and his men soldier as their leader. He and his men take over the king’s castle at Rochester take over the king’s castle at Rochester and march into Canterbury.and march into Canterbury.

Tyler frees John Ball, the troublesome Tyler frees John Ball, the troublesome priest. He’d been imprisoned by the priest. He’d been imprisoned by the Archbishop of Canterbury for stirring up Archbishop of Canterbury for stirring up trouble.trouble.

June 1381June 1381 Peasant numbers had Peasant numbers had

reached about 60,000reached about 60,000

Peasants are armed Peasants are armed with axes, scythes, with axes, scythes, some even have some even have swords and bows and swords and bows and arrows. They begin to arrows. They begin to march on London to march on London to demand an audience demand an audience with the King.with the King.

Richard II (1377-99)

Thursday 13 June 1381Thursday 13 June 1381

Poor Londoners help peasants get Poor Londoners help peasants get through city gatesthrough city gates

They break into Savoy Palace, home of They break into Savoy Palace, home of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and blow it up with dynamiteblow it up with dynamite

One peasant caught looting is One peasant caught looting is beheadedbeheaded

Thursday 13 June 1381Thursday 13 June 1381

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Sudbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Sudbury & Hales, the King’s Treasurer flee to the & Hales, the King’s Treasurer flee to the Tower of LondonTower of London

During the night drunken rebels riot. They During the night drunken rebels riot. They attack and destroy the houses of lawyers and attack and destroy the houses of lawyers and foreign traders.foreign traders.

Friday 14 June 1381Friday 14 June 1381 Richard travels by boat Richard travels by boat

along the Thames to along the Thames to meet rebels at Mile End. meet rebels at Mile End. Amazingly, he agrees to Amazingly, he agrees to abolish poll tax and grant abolish poll tax and grant free pardons if they go free pardons if they go home immediately.home immediately.

Peasants break into Peasants break into Tower of London, capture Tower of London, capture Sudbury & Hales and cut Sudbury & Hales and cut off their head (Sudbury’s off their head (Sudbury’s takes 8 blows!)takes 8 blows!)

Sudbury’s decapitated head, preserved in a

parish church

What do you think What do you think happened next?happened next?

Remember the story from the Remember the story from the beginning of last lesson…beginning of last lesson…

Saturday 15 JuneSaturday 15 June

King meets the King meets the rebels again, rebels again, outside city walls outside city walls at Smithfield.at Smithfield.

Wat Tyler is killed Wat Tyler is killed under mysterious under mysterious circumstancescircumstances

Peasant leaders Peasant leaders are rounded up are rounded up and hanged.and hanged.

The death of Wat Tyler

The Peasants’ RevoltThe Peasants’ Revolt Tell the next part of story of the Peasants’ Tell the next part of story of the Peasants’

Revolt in your newspaper report.Revolt in your newspaper report.

You will describe the important events, don’t You will describe the important events, don’t forget to mention the PEOPLE who the forget to mention the PEOPLE who the peasants were attacking.peasants were attacking.Remember to include DATES and PLACES!Remember to include DATES and PLACES!

The Peasants’ RevoltThe Peasants’ Revolt

Next lesson you will investigate the death of Wat Tyler, and you will continue getting information for your newspaper report.