Richard II meets the rebels at Mile End
1381 · Event
The fourteen-year-old king meets the Essex rebels at Mile End and grants charters abolishing serfdom, while others storm the Tower behind him.
On these timelines: The Peasants' Revolt, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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