*Ø* Blogmanac July 20, 1549 | The Norfolk Rising (or Commotion), aka Ket’s Rebellion
Kings are wont to pardon wicked persons, not innocent men. We have done nothing to deserve such a pardon. We have been guilty of no crime.Robert Ket, whose Norfolk rebellion was at a high point on July 20, 1549
1549 The Norfolk Rising (or Commotion), aka Ket’s Rebellion
At Mousehold, England, a herald of the king was turned away, his message of conciliation from the monarch to some 16-20,000 rural insurrectionists rejected. The herald had promised the king's pardon to all who would depart quietly to their homes.
The rebellion of farmers and farm workers was aimed at bringing attention to the economic problems faced by agricultural workers in East Anglia. Like the Diggers (founded exactly one century later, in 1649 by Gerard Winstanley) and even the rather more conservative Levellers, the rebels demanded the abolition of land enclosures, the end of private ownership of land, and the dismissal of counsellors. A commonwealth was established on Mousehold Heath.
The ‘commotion’ was led by Robert Ket (or Kett), a fairly prosperous landowner (he held the manor of Wymondham in Norfolk) and tanner, and he and his followers occupied the city of Norwich, but were defeated on August 25 by the overwhelming military power of the Earl of Warwick.
They had met daily under ‘the Oak of Reformation’, upon which many of them were later hanged. Robert Kett was executed at Norwich, and his body was hanged on the top of the castle on December 7, 1549.
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Kings are wont to pardon wicked persons, not innocent men. We have done nothing to deserve such a pardon. We have been guilty of no crime.Robert Ket, whose Norfolk rebellion was at a high point on July 20, 1549
1549 The Norfolk Rising (or Commotion), aka Ket’s Rebellion
At Mousehold, England, a herald of the king was turned away, his message of conciliation from the monarch to some 16-20,000 rural insurrectionists rejected. The herald had promised the king's pardon to all who would depart quietly to their homes.
The rebellion of farmers and farm workers was aimed at bringing attention to the economic problems faced by agricultural workers in East Anglia. Like the Diggers (founded exactly one century later, in 1649 by Gerard Winstanley) and even the rather more conservative Levellers, the rebels demanded the abolition of land enclosures, the end of private ownership of land, and the dismissal of counsellors. A commonwealth was established on Mousehold Heath.
The ‘commotion’ was led by Robert Ket (or Kett), a fairly prosperous landowner (he held the manor of Wymondham in Norfolk) and tanner, and he and his followers occupied the city of Norwich, but were defeated on August 25 by the overwhelming military power of the Earl of Warwick.
They had met daily under ‘the Oak of Reformation’, upon which many of them were later hanged. Robert Kett was executed at Norwich, and his body was hanged on the top of the castle on December 7, 1549.
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Land and Freedom Pages
Wikipedia on the Diggers
Wikipedia on the Levellers
Modern Diggers
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