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The Peasants’ Revolt broke out #OnThisDay 1381 when a royal official, John Bampton, tried to collect unpaid poll taxes from the people of Fobbing, Essex. The revolt quickly spread across Essex and into Kent, where rebels came under the leadership of Wat Tyler. https://t.co/TpfYs7rCbO