Cade's Rebellion in Kent
1450
A mysterious Irishman calling himself Jack Cade led thousands of Kentish peasants and gentry into London, demanding tax reform and the dismissal of Henry VI's corrupt counselors. They held the city for two days before drunkenness and official bribery broke the revolt. Cade was killed in flight. The Wars of the Roses were incubating.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.