[MR] Wikipedia: Latest News on Wat Tyler's Rebellion

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Noble Friends,

On this date in 1381, Kentish rebels led by, or inspired by, Wat Tyler 
entered London via London Bridge from Southwark. Another force from 
Essex entered London via Aldgate on the north side. The rebels attacked 
many symbols of authority, including Savoy Palace (owned by John of 
Gaunt) and other manors of the wealthy, properties belonging to the 
Knights Hospitaller including their headquarters at Clerkenwell Priory 
and the legal district at the Temple, the homes and business of Flemish 
immigrants, and most of the city's prisons. Any government officials and 
their servants who fell into their hands were summarily executed, as 
well as Flemish weavers (possibly incited by the Weavers' Guild). 
Curiously, there was very little looting. Rather, the rebels destroyed 
rich furnishings and property, claiming they were"zealots for truth and 
justice, not thieves and robbers". All day long, Richard and various 
officials watched in horror from the Tower of London as the city slipped 
into chaos.

More on the Peasant's Revolt tomorrow, unless you are one of those 
people who read the end of murder mysteries first (My Lady Sarah 
Sinclair does this). If you just can't wait to see how all this turns 
out, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt .

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge