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Kett and his forces, joined by recruits from Norwich and the surrounding countryside and numbering some 16, 000, set up camp on Mousehold Heath to the north-east of the city on 12 July.
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Kett and joined
By now Kett was their leader and they were being joined by people from nearby towns and villages.
After the enclosures of local landowners around Norfolk were destroyed, thousands of people joined Robert Kett in a march on Norwich, forming a large organised camp at Mousehold Heath.
Kett and by
Two noted examples of attempts to establish a paremiological minimum in America are by Haas ( 2008 ) and Hirsch, Kett, and Trefil ( 1988 ).
Once the camp was established at Mousehold the rebels drew up a list of 29 grievances, signed by Kett, Codd, Aldrich and the representatives of the Hundreds, and sent it to Protector Somerset.
At this point an assault began, ordered by Kett or perhaps by other rebel leaders.
In the 21st century the death of Kett is still remembered by the people of Norwich.
The rebellion is remembered in the names of schools, streets, pubs and a walking route in the Norwich and Wymondham area, including the Robert Kett Junior School in Wymondham, Dussindale Primary School in Norwich, the Robert Kett pub in Wymondham and Kett's Tavern in Norwich, and in a folk band, Lewis Garland and Kett's Rebellion, and a beer, Kett's Rebellion, by Woodforde's Brewery in Norwich.
In 1988 British composer Malcolm Arnold produced the Robert Kett Overture ( Opus 141 ), inspired by the rebellion.
* Audio of a talk on Robert Kett by Peter Clark for Bristol Radical History Group.
The first, sometimes called the Prayer Book Rebellion, arose mainly from the imposition of church services in English, and the second, led by a tradesman called Robert Kett, mainly from the encroachment of landlords on common grazing ground.
* The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition: What Every American Needs to Know Edited by James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch.
* The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E. D. Hirsch, Joseph F. Kett and James Trefil ( 2002 )
Kett and from
Kett was captured, held in the Tower of London, tried for treason, and hanged from Norwich Castle on 7 December 1549.
Kett was hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle on 7 December 1549 ; on the same day William was hanged from the west tower of Wymondham Abbey.
It was only in the 19th century that more sympathetic portrayals of the rebellion appeared in print and started the process that saw Kett transformed from traitor to folk hero.
In the longer term the Kett family do not seem to have suffered from their association with the rebellion, but to have prospered in various parts of Norfolk.
Kett and Norwich
Having listened to the rioters ' grievances, Kett decided to join their cause and helped them tear down his own fences before taking them back to Hethersett where they destroyed Flowerdew's enclosures. Kett's Oak, beside the B1172, near Hethersett, Norfolk The following day, Tuesday 9 July, the protesters set off for Norwich.
Kett and his followers camped for the night of 9 July at Bowthorpe, just west of Norwich.
In 1948 Alderman Fred Henderson, a former mayor of Norwich who had been imprisoned in the Castle for his part in the food riots of 1885, proposed a memorial to Kett.
Kett and some
After the rebellion the lands of Kett and his brother William were forfeited, although some of them were later restored to one of his sons.
Kett and 000
Two days later Kett, who had his main camp outside the city, confronted the royal army, resulting in a slaughter of over 2, 000 peasants.
Kett and set
Kett set up his headquarters in St Michael's Chapel, the ruins of which have since been known as Kett's Castle.
Kett and his followers were now officially rebels ; the authorities therefore shut the city gates and set about preparing the city defences.
Kett and camp
Kett and his people were aware of this, and that night they left their camp at Mousehold for lower ground in preparation for battle.
Kett made an attempt to recapture the city, but the arrival of mercenaries in support of Warwick forced him to abandon the camp.
Kett and on
An 18th century depiction of Robert Kett and his followers under the Oak of Reformation on Mousehold Heath
At first light on 22 July, Kett withdrew his artillery.
The Oak of Reformation on Kett House, an office block in Station Road, Cambridge
George Kett's son, also George, was mayor of Cambridge on three occasions and compiled a genealogy of the Kett family.
Dudley offered Robert Kett a pardon on the condition that the peasant army disband at once.
The army of Robert Kett encamped on nearby Mousehold Heath.
In 1549 Robert Kett, rebelling against agricultural hardships, led a large group of men who camped for six weeks on the heath before the uprising, known as Kett's Rebellion, was suppressed.
Kett and city
In a bloody pitched battle outside the city, the rebels were routed and Kett was captured.
Kett and .
* Hirsch, E. D., Joseph Kett, Jame Trefil.
One of their targets was yeoman farmer Robert Kett who, instead of resisting the rebels, agreed to their demands and offered to lead them.
Flowerdew bribed the rioters to leave his enclosures alone and instead attack those of Robert Kett at Wymondham.
Kett was about 57 years old and was one of the wealthier farmers in Wymondham.
Kett was the son of Tom and Margery Kett and had several brothers, and clergyman Francis Kett was his nephew.
Kett had been prominent among the parishioners in saving their parish church when Wymondham Abbey was demolished and this had led to conflict with Flowerdew.
Kett rejected the offer, saying he had no need of a pardon because he had committed no treason.
Kett was now left with a decision.
Kett had already seen how difficult it was to defend miles of walls and gates and had instead chosen to withdraw.
Despite the increased threat, the rebels were loyal to Kett throughout and continued to fight Warwick's men.
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