Richard of Wallingford, a local landowner, who had presented demands to Richard II on behalf of Wat Tyler in London, brought news of this to St Albans and argued with the abbot over the charter.

** Richard of Wallingford, mathematician ( b. 1292 )

On 14 June, the rebels are reputed to have been met by the young king himself, and, led by Richard of Wallingford, to have presented him with a series of demands, including the dismissal of some of his more unpopular ministers and the effective abolition of serfdom.

Richard of Wallingford, abbot from 1297 to 1336 and a mathematician and astronomer, designed a celebrated clock, which was completed by William of Walsham after his death, but apparently destroyed during the reformation.

* John David North ( 2005 ), God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 978-1-85285-451-5

Wallingford flourished as a trading centre throughout most of the Middle Ages, and Wallingford Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford.

* Richard of Wallingford, mathematician and clockmaker

* Richard of Wallingford, organiser in the Peasants ' Revolt

He had been created a viscount on 4 January 1483, and while still Lord Protector Richard made him Chief Butler and constable of Wallingford Castle.

On Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658, Owen joined the Wallingford House party, and though he denied any share in the deposition of Richard Cromwell, he preferred the idea of a simple republic to that of a protectorate.

Richard of Wallingford, an English abbot of St Albans monastery is credited for reinventing epicyclic gearing for an astronomical clock in the 14th century.

* Richard of Wallingford, United Kingdom

Richard of Wallingford is shown measuring with a pair of compasses in this 14th-century miniature.

Astrology and astronomy | Astrologer-astronomer Richard of Wallingford is shown measuring an equatorium with a pair of compasses in this 14th-century work

Astrologer – astronomer Richard of Wallingford is shown measuring an equatorium with a pair of compasses in this 14th-century work.

Richard of Wallingford, the mathematician and astronomer, became Abbott of St Albans in 1326.

( Perhaps confusingly, another man called Richard of Wallingford was one of revolt leader Wat Tyler's principal allies.

The astronomical clock designed by Richard of Wallingford in 1327 and built around 1354, also struck 24 hours.

* Richard of Wallingford ( 1292-1336 ) Englishmathematician who made major contributions to astronomy / astrology and horology

* Richard of Wallingford ( late 14th century ) a leader in St Albans of the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381.