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13th June 1381

Thats revenge!

RUN!!

14th June 1381

Richard was taken by boat along the Thames to meet the Peasants leaders. The crowd were angry and

shouted abuse at him. Wat Tyler and all of the other rebels were surprisingly nice to the King though; they

knelt down before him and said ‘We will not have any other King than you’. The rebels explained their

issues and said they didn’t want to pay the new poll tax and wanted paying more money. To everyone’s

surprise, the King agreed! The peasants had challenged the King and won…..or had they?

Around the time of this meeting, a group of rebels broke into the Tower of London and beheaded the

Archbishop of Canterbury and one of Richards’ closest advisors. They stuck their heads on spikes for all to

see.

Wat Tyler

We will not have any other king than you.

The King met the rebels and their leader, Wat Tyler, again on

this day. On this day, he had 75 Knights with him. They faced

around 25,000 peasants. Wat Tyler asked the King to divide up

all of the Church lands to the peasants. The king agreed. Tyler

then asked for some beer, drank some and spat the rest on the

floor next to the King. This was a terrible insult. Tyler had gone

too far and shown a lack of respect. The King was extremely

angry and ordered his Knights to capture him. The Mayor of

London then killed him.

The rebels were so shocked that one of their leaders was dead.

Some looked ready to attack. Richard stood tall and said ‘You

shall have no leader except me. I am your King. Be peaceful.’

Almost immediately the situation was calmed and the

peasants began to go home. But King Richard didn’t keep his promises. It looked as if the revolt had been

a total failure.

You

shall have no leader except me. I am your King. Be peaceful.

13th June 1381

Thats revenge!

RUN!!