{"id":955,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1381ce-apr-30--955","name":"1381 CE, April 30","year":1381,"era":"CE","month":4,"day":30,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1381ce-apr-30--955","iso-date":"1381-04-30","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Peasants' Revolt in England, a major uprising against high taxes and social injustice, ( also called, Wat Tyler's Insurrection or the Great Uprising), broke out in Essex, on May 30, 1381, following the arrival of John Bampton, a Parliament Member and Justice of the Peace, to investigate non-payment of the poll tax. Violence broke out and several people were killed. Bampton escaped and retreated to London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eA contingent of Kentish rebels advanced on London and entered it on June 13 where they were joined by many locals. The rebels attacked the prisons, destroyed the Savoy Palace, set firese, and killed people associated with the royal government. The following day, Richard met the rebels and agreed to most of their demands, including the abolition of serfdom. Meanwhile, rebels entered the Tower of London, killing Simon Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, and Robert Hales, Lord High Treasurer, who were inside. On 15 several nobles who were there. Richard went on to meet Tyler and the rebels at Smithfield. where violence broke out, and Richard's party killed Tyler. and eventually dispersed the rebel forces. Richard rescinded his previous grants to the rebels and began to re-establish order in London. Unrest continued until Henry Despenser, forces defeated a rebel army at the Battle of North Walsham on June 26 and Richard mobilized 4,000 soldiers to restore order. Most of the rebel leaders were tracked down and executed and at least 1,500 rebels were killed.\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-03-17T20:49:23-07:00","updated_at":"2026-04-21T10:56:31-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"April History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/april"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"April 30","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/april-30"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1381ce-apr-30--955#eventK365","name":"1381 CE, April 30","headline":"The Peasants\u0026#39; Revolt in England, a major uprising against high taxes and social injustice, ( also called,... - 1381 CE","description":"The Peasants' Revolt in England, a major uprising against high taxes and social injustice, ( also called, Wat Tyler's Insurrection or the Great Uprising),...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1381ce-apr-30--955","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-17T20:49:23-07:00","dateModified":"2026-04-21T10:56:31-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1381-04-30","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/april","name":"What Happened in April History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/april-30#pageK365","name":"What Happened on April 30"}]}}