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Frontmatter
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE REVOLT
LIST OF AUTHORITIES
PART I: The Background to the Peasants' Revolt
1 The Character of the English according to John Trevisa
2 The Lay Population of English Counties and Towns according to the Poll Tax Returns of 1377 and 1381
3 The Clerical Population of English Dioceses according to the Poll Tax Returns of 1377 and 1381
4 The Black Death of 1348-9 according to Henry Knighton
5 The Statute of Labourers, 135I
6 The Enforcement of the Statute of Labourers:
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
8 Peasant Discontents and Resistance before 1381:
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
10 Poem on the Death of Edward III
11 A Disastrous Start to a New Reign, 1377: according to the Vita Ricardi II
12 Desertion from the English Army, 1380
13 Proposals to protect Shipping at London, 1380
14 John Gower foresees the Peasants' Revolt
PART II: The Three Poll Taxes and the Outbreak of Revolt
15 The Grant of the First Poll Tax, 1377:
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
17 The Northampton Parliament of 1380 and the Grant of the Third Poll Tax: according to the Rolls of Parliament
18 Appointment of Commissioners to enforce
payment of the Third Poll Tax, March 1381
19 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to the Anonimalle Chronicle
20 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham
21 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Henry Knighton
22 The Outbreak of the Revolt according to Froissart
23 The Rebels in Canterbury according to Jurors' Presentments
24 The Indictment of two Essex rebels
PART III: The Rebels in London, 13-15 June 1381
25 The Rebels in London according to the Anonimalle Chronicle
26 The Rebels in London according to Thomas Walsingham
27 The Rebels in London according to Henry Knighton
28 The Rebels in London according to Froissart
29 The Peasants' Revolt according to the 'monk of Westminster'
30 The Peasants' Revolt according to the Continuator of the Eulogium Historiarum
31 The Peasants' Revolt according to City of London Letter Book H
32 The Treachery of London Aldermen according to the London Sheriffs' Inquisitions:
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
34 Royal Letters of Pardon to Paul Salesbury of London
PART IV: The Rising in the Eastern Counties
35 The Risings in the Eastern Counties according to the Anonimalle Chronicle
36 The Risings in the Eastern Counties according to Henry Knighton
37 The Rising in Cambridge according to the Rolls of Parliament
38 John Wrawe and the Burgesses of Bury St Edmunds according to Thomas Walsingham
39 The Depositions of John Wrawe
40 Two Suffolk Rebels and the 'Great Society'
41 The Revolt in Norfolk according to Thomas Walsingham
42 The Death of Sir Robert Salle according to Froissart
PART V: Elsewhere in England
43 The Rebels at St Albans according to Thomas Walsingham
44 Panic in Leicester according to Henry Knighton
45 The Bridgwater Rising:
A. According to the pardon of Thomas Engilby
B. According to the accusations against Sir William Coggan
46 The Riots at York:
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
48 The Riots at Beverley
49 Rising of the Villeins of the Abbot of Chester
50 Rising of the Tenants of the Priory of Worcester
PART VI: Suppression and Survival
51 'The Ax was Scharp'
52 The Suppression of the Revolt according to the Anonimalle Chronicle
53 The Suppression of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham
54 The Suppression of the Revolt according to Henry Knighton
55 The Suppression of the Revolt
according to Froissart
56 Royal Commission to keep the Peace in London, 15 June 1381
57 The Trial and Pardon of John Awedyn of Essex
58 A Tall Story: Oxfordshire Rebels as French Agents
59 A New Conspiracy in Kent, September 1381: John Cote's Confession
60 Post-mortem and Pardon: the Westminster Parliament of November-December 1381
61 The Persistence of Revolt:
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
63 The Disappearance of English Villeinage:
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
PART VII: Interpretations of the Peasants' Revolt
65 A 'Warnying to Be Ware'
66 'Tax Has Tenet Us Alle'
67 The Causes of the Revolt according to Sir Michael de la Pole, 1383
68 The Causes of the Revolt according to Thomas Walsingham: Jack Straw's Confession
69 The Causes of the Revolt according to Froissart
70 The Significance of John Ball:
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:
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
73 John Gower and the Peasants' Revolt
74 The Life and Death of Jacke Strawe, 1593
75 Edmund Burke and the Peasants' Revolt
76 Thomas Paine and the Peasants' Revolt
77 Robert Southey's Wat Tyler
78 Engels on the Peasant Risings of the Middle Ages
79 William Morris's Dream of John Ball
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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