Medieval England: Shires & Columns
Target Date: June 14, 1381
Peasant Column
Crown Garrison
London Bridge / Tower
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Kent (Wat Tyler & John Ball)
85% Unrest
Mobilized: 3,400
Garrison: 120
Essex (Jack Straw)
90% Unrest
Mobilized: 4,200
Garrison: 90
Hertfordshire (St Albans)
70% Unrest
Mobilized: 1,800
Garrison: 150
London (Sympathizers & Aldermen)
95% Unrest
Mobilized: 6,500
Tower Garrison: 400
Grievance Demands & Crown Response
Smithfield & Mile End Negotiations
Total Mobilized
15,900
Morale Index
92.4
Crown Pressure
88
Concession Rate
85.0%
Historical Chronicle & Tactical Log
May 30: Commissioner Bampton attempts poll tax enforcement at Brentwood, Essex; violent resistance erupts.
June 7: Wat Tyler elected leader of Kentish rebels at Maidstone; storming of Rochester Castle.
June 12: Blackheath encampment addressed by radical priest John Ball: "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"
June 13: Sympathizers lower London Bridge drawbridge; Savoy Palace burned; Fleet prison breached.
June 14: Mile End conference: King Richard II meets Wat Tyler, conceding abolition of serfdom and charters of freedom.