I could easily see this being made into a movie today ... a lot of contempory relevance ...
Do they refer to London as “Old Ferguson?”
The Occupy movement of 1381
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This Richard was Richard II and he was only 14 years old at the time and was only 4 years king since his father and older brother had already died before his grandfather Edward III. In part, a lot of this revolt was also because he was an obvious child king subject to regency-type management.
Richard II also ended badly as is the subject of Shakespeare’s play of that name. He exiles his overly strong cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and then disinherits him after the Duke’s death. Bolingbroke returns, finds he is more popular than Richard with the people who have money and arms, and so Bolingbroke deposes Richard II (the last Plantagenet King) and becomes Henry IV, the first Lancastrian King. Richard II is later murdered in captivity.
FYI: It is in Shakespeare’s Richard II that the famous soliloquy “... this sceptered isle” is spoken by John of Gaunt from his death scene (Act 2 Scene 1). The recent trilogy, “The Hollow Crown”, has this being spoke by Sir Patrick Stewart, who has some moderate fame from other acting roles.
King Richard III wasn’t exactly known for his trustworthiness.
For later
These rebellions seemed to often come from Kent. Jack Cade’s rebellion in the next century also came out of that area.
And the lesson today’s feudalists- socialists- learned from that day is not to let the peasants know they are being taxed!
Peasantry is a creation of government.