They demanded changes were made. The revolt did not achieve all of the peasants’ aims and the leader, Wat Tyler, was killed. In the longer term, there were some changes and improvements to ...

King Richard II acceded the throne at the age of just 10, in 1377.

OUR tour begins at The Wat Tyler in Dartford, Kent, named after a leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381 which forced the young King Richard II to agree to liberate them from serfdom. As the pub sign ...

the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It has been placed on the St Albans Museum and Gallery in Hertfordshire - the site where he was tried. It was presented by the Blue Plaques St Albans ...