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- Come and join us, we are off to London.
- You are free.
- The peasants began rebelling all over the southeast of England and they burned important documents. books and papers.
- I must go and meet them.
- But its not safe, my Lord.
- I suggest you meet them in a place where they cannot go near you.
- Peasants stormed Maidstone prison and liberated a priest named John Ball, who had given speeches claiming that peasants deserved more from life. He championed equality and fairness. Ball was imprisoned by the archbishop of Canterbury because he believed such comments were dangerous.
- Can we trust him?
- Thank you for your demands, but I will not come ashore to discuss this today.
- It is dangerous here, my Lord. Let's return to the Tower of London.
- In June 1381, up to 60000 peasants marched against London. Wat Tyler, a former soldier, was chosen as their commander. The gatekeepers in London let the peasants into the city because they didn't like the opulent lords. On June 13th, an outraged mob rioted in London. They set fire to rich Londoners' homes.
- Die you traitor.
- I will give you what you want, but the killing must stop.
- Ok.
- Meanwhile, King Richard II watched the rioting from the safety of the Tower of London.
- On the 13th of June, the monarch resolved to meet the peasants on a boat on the River Thames to speak with them. Tyler then informed the king that the peasants demanded higher salaries and did not want to be forced to labor for free for their lords for a few days a week.
- A gang of peasants broke into the Tower of London and murdered both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the king's treasurer, who looks after the king's money, while the king and the peasants were conversing. The king and rebels gathered one more time after the slaughter and chaos of 14 June. Their demands were accepted by the king.
- The king's not back yet, but the man who looks after the king's money is here...so is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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