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The Peasants' Revolt of 1381

R. B. Dobson 1970 © Narda Dobson
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  • 9780333091395 (hardcover)
  • 9780333102855 (paper)
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  • European: 400-1400
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  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (page xi)
  • GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE (page xiii)
  • PREFACE (page xv)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS (page 32)
  • THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE REVOLT (page 36)
  • LIST OF AUTHORITIES (page 45)
  • PART I: The Background to the Peasants' Revolt
    • 1 The Character of the English according to John Trevisa (page 53)
    • 2 The Lay Population of English Counties and Towns according to the Poll Tax Returns of 1377 and 1381 (page 54)
    • 3 The Clerical Population of English Dioceses according to the Poll Tax Returns of 1377 and 1381 (page 58)
    • 4 The Black Death of 1348-9 according to Henry Knighton (page 59)
    • 5 The Statute of Labourers, 135I (page 63)
    • 6 The Enforcement of the Statute of Labourers: (page 69)
      • A. According to Henry Knighton
      • B. Trespasses on the Statute of Labourers, 1373-5
      • C. A Preference for Bond Service, 1350
    • 7 Commons' Petition against Vagrants, 1376 (page 72)
    • 8 Peasant Discontents and Resistance before 1381: (page 75)
      • A. Commons' Petition against Rebellious Villeins, 1377
      • B. The Bocking Petition, c. 1300-30
      • C. Revolt of the Villeins Of Darnall And Over, 1336
    • 9 Political Protest in the Good Parliament of 1376 (page 83)
    • 10 Poem on the Death of Edward III (page 88)
    • 11 A Disastrous Start to a New Reign, 1377: according to the Vita Ricardi II (page 91)
    • 12 Desertion from the English Army, 1380 (page 94)
    • 13 Proposals to protect Shipping at London, 1380 (page 95)
    • 14 John Gower foresees the Peasants' Revolt (page 97)
  • PART II: The Three Poll Taxes and the Outbreak of Revolt
    • 15 The Grant of the First Poll Tax, 1377: (page 103)
      • A. According to Thomas Walsingham
      • B. According to the Rolls of Parliament
    • 16 The Grant of the Second Poll Tax, 1379: according to the Anonimalle Chronicle (page 105)
    • 17 The Northampton Parliament of 1380 and the Grant of the Third Poll Tax: according to the Rolls of Parliament (page 111)
    • 18 Appointment of Commissioners to enforce payment of the Third Poll Tax, March 1381 (page 119)
    • 19 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to the Anonimalle Chronicle (page 123)
    • 20 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham (page 131)
    • 21 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Henry Knighton (page 135)
    • 22 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Froissart (page 137)
    • 23 The Rebels in Canterbury according to Jurors' Presentments (page 145)
    • 24 The Indictment of two Essex rebels (page 148)
  • PART III: The Rebels in London, 13-15 June 1381
    • 25 The Rebels in London according to the Anonimalle Chronicle (page 155)
    • 26 The Rebels in London according to Thomas Walsingham (page 168)
    • 27 The Rebels in London according to Henry Knighton (page 181)
    • 28 The Rebels in London according to Froissart (page 187)
    • 29 The Peasants' Revolt according to the 'monk of Westminster' (page 199)
    • 30 The Peasants' Revolt according to the Continuator of the Eulogium Historiarum (page 204)
    • 31 The Peasants' Revolt according to City of London Letter Book H (page 208)
    • 32 The Treachery of London Aldermen according to the London Sheriffs' Inquisitions: (page 212)
      • A. The inquisition of 20 November 1382
      • B. The inquisition of 4 November 1382
    • 33 The Indictment of Walter atte Keye, Brewer, of Wood Street, London (page 226)
    • 34 Royal Letters of Pardon to Paul Salesbury of London (page 228)
  • PART IV: The Rising in the Eastern Counties
    • 35 The Risings in the Eastern Counties according to the Anonimalle Chronicle (page 235)
    • 36 The Risings in the Eastern Counties according to Henry Knighton (page 237)
    • 37 The Rising in Cambridge according to the Rolls of Parliament (page 239)
    • 38 John Wrawe and the Burgesses of Bury St Edmunds according to Thomas Walsingham (page 243)
    • 39 The Depositions of John Wrawe (page 248)
    • 40 Two Suffolk Rebels and the 'Great Society' (page 254)
    • 41 The Revolt in Norfolk according to Thomas Walsingham (page 256)
    • 42 The Death of Sir Robert Salle according to Froissart (page 261)
  • PART V: Elsewhere in England
    • 43 The Rebels at St Albans according to Thomas Walsingham (page 269)
    • 44 Panic in Leicester according to Henry Knighton (page 277)
    • 45 The Bridgwater Rising: (page 279)
      • A. According to the pardon of Thomas Engilby
      • B. According to the accusations against Sir William Coggan
    • 46 The Riots at York: (page 284)
      • A. According to a parliamentary petition, November-December 1380
      • B. According to the York 'Memorandum Book'
      • C. According to the York jurors' presentments, August 1381
    • 47 The Riots at Scarborough (page 289)
    • 48 The Riots at Beverley (page 294)
    • 49 Rising of the Villeins of the Abbot of Chester (page 297)
    • 50 Rising of the Tenants of the Priory of Worcester (page 299)
  • PART VI: Suppression and Survival
    • 51 'The Ax was Scharp' (page 305)
    • 52 The Suppression of the Revolt according to the Anonimalle Chronicle (page 305)
    • 53 The Suppression of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham (page 306)
    • 54 The Suppression of the Revolt according to Henry Knighton (page 313)
    • 55 The Suppression of the Revolt according to Froissart (page 315)
    • 56 Royal Commission to keep the Peace in London, 15 June 1381 (page 317)
    • 57 The Trial and Pardon of John Awedyn of Essex (page 319)
    • 58 A Tall Story: Oxfordshire Rebels as French Agents (page 321)
    • 59 A New Conspiracy in Kent, September 1381: John Cote's Confession (page 322)
    • 60 Post-mortem and Pardon: the Westminster Parliament of November-December 1381 (page 325)
    • 61 The Persistence of Revolt: (page 333)
      • A. A conspiracy in Norfolk, 1382
      • B. An abortive rising in Kent, 1390
      • C. An attack upon property in London, 1412
    • 62 The Complaints and Requests of the Commons of Kent, 1450 (page 336)
    • 63 The Disappearance of English Villeinage: (page 342)
      • A. Royal Manumissions In Yorkshire, 1338
      • B. Manumission by the Bishop of Hereford, 1419
      • C. Bondsmen not to enjoy the Liberties of the City of London, 1387
      • D. Parliamentary Petition to enforce Villein Disabilities, 1391
    • 64 The Twelve Articles of Memmingen, 1525 (page 346)
  • PART VII: Interpretations of the Peasants' Revolt
    • 65 A 'Warnying to Be Ware' (page 357)
    • 66 'Tax Has Tenet Us Alle' (page 358)
    • 67 The Causes of the Revolt according to Sir Michael de la Pole, 1383 (page 362)
    • 68 The Causes of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham: Jack Straw's Confession (page 363)
    • 69 The Causes of the Revolt according to Froissart (page 369)
    • 70 The Significance of John Ball: (page 372)
      • A. John Ball according to Thomas Walsingham
      • B. Ball and Wycliffe according to Henry Knighton
      • C. Ball and Wycliffe according to the Fasciculi Zizaniorum
    • 71 The Literature of Protest: (page 379)
      • A. John Ball's letter to the Essex Commons
      • B. The letters of Jakke Mylner, Jakke Carter, Jakke Trewman and John Ball
      • C. Song of the 'Yorkshire Partisans', 1392
      • D. A Song of Freedom, c. 1434
      • E. 'Cryste may send now sych a Yere', c. 1450
      • F. Song of the Kentish Rebels, 1450
    • 72 Geoffrey Chaucer and the Peasants' Revolt (page 386)
    • 73 John Gower and the Peasants' Revolt (page 387)
    • 74 The Life and Death of Jacke Strawe, 1593 (page 389)
    • 75 Edmund Burke and the Peasants' Revolt (page 392)
    • 76 Thomas Paine and the Peasants' Revolt (page 394)
    • 77 Robert Southey's Wat Tyler (page 396)
    • 78 Engels on the Peasant Risings of the Middle Ages (page 399)
    • 79 William Morris's Dream of John Ball (page 403)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 405)
  • INDEX (page 415)
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ENHR 87.344 (1972): 611 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28197207%2987%3A344%3C611%3ATPRO1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D
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