This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...the nobles were thoroughly alarmed and cowed, the soldiery powerless, and Wat Tyler and his men still held the City of London. Holding such an advantage, Tyler determined to make the king decree further reforms, and when the two met at Smithfield, the confidence of victory could be seen in the peasant leader's bearing. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...the nobles were thoroughly alarmed and cowed, the soldiery powerless, and Wat Tyler and his men still held the City of London. Holding such an advantage, Tyler determined to make the king decree further reforms, and when the two met at Smithfield, the confidence of victory could be seen in the peasant leader's bearing. Richard, with two hundred retainers, and with Henry, Earl of Derby, the Earls of Suffolk and Salisbury, Sir Simon Burley, and Walworth, the mayor, were on the east side of the square, the great priory at their back. Tyler and his army drew up on the west side, and when Walworth opened the proceedings by calling on Wat Tyler to speak with the king, Tyler, seated on a little horse, rode out into the middle of the square with a single attendant. There he dismounted, dropped on one knee before the king, and shook him heartily by the hand. He bade Richard be of good cheer, and declared that within a fortnight he should have even more thanks from the commons than he had won already. "You and I shall be good comrades yet," Tyler added. Richard, in some embarrassment, enquired why the commons did not return home, and Tyler answered with a great and solemn oath that no one should leave the city until they had got a further redressing of all their grievances. "And much the worse will it be for the lords of this realm if this charter be refused," he concluded. Then Richard bade Tyler say what charter it was the commons demanded. "First, then," said Tyler, "let no law but the law of Winchester prevail throughout the land, and let no man be made an outlaw by the decree of judges and lawyers.1 Grant also that no lord shall hence 1 This law of Winchester was the statute of Edward I., 1285, which authorised local authoritie...
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Good. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 346pp. Index. Plates. Original cloth. Title in gilt on spine and front board. Cover is sunned and bumped and shows minor signs of moisture damage. Some foxing. Edges uncut. Keywords: Political Thought, Politics, Political History, Political studies, Political Science.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
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