Leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.
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Wat Tyler
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Savoy Hotel - AR-MR
SH On the 13th June 1381, the Palace of the Savoy was burned and destroyed b...
St John's Gate
When we first spotted this plaque it was brass and quite brief. Sometime arou...
The Great Rising / Peasants' Revolt
Matthew Bell realised that The Great Rising lacked a proper memorial and that...
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