Leaders of the People: Studies in Democratic HistoryClayton, Joseph
History
Leaders of the People: Studies in Democratic History
Clayton, Joseph
Democracy; Great Britain -- History
Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury, 144
John, King, refuses to acknowledge Stephen Langton’s appointment to
archbishopric, 81;
seizes estates of Canterbury, and drives chapter into exile, 82;
is excommunicated, 83;
meets primate at Winchester and is formally absolved, 85;
strife with barons, 86;
his campaign to recover lost Angevine provinces, 87;
capitulation to the barons, 90;
signs the Great Charter, 91;
his death, 95
John of Gaunt, calls parliament at Northampton, 147;
his unpopularity with the people, 151;
his palace of the Savoy and its valuable contents destroyed, 157
John of Salisbury (quoted), 56
Jones, Ernest, 324;
joins Chartist movement at 27, 325;
son of an officer and educated abroad, 325;
works with Feargus O’Connor, 325;
attends Chartist convention, 327;
addresses large meetings in London, 328;
arrested, tried, found guilty of seditious speech and
imprisoned, 328;
on his release Chartist movement declining, 329;
contests Halifax unsuccessfully, 330;
gives support to advanced radicals, 330;
stands twice unsuccessfully for Nottingham, 330;
dies suddenly at the age of 50, 330
Kemp, Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor to Henry VI.,
187, 188, 190
Kent, Earl of, 159
Ket, Robert, landowner in Norfolk, a tanner by trade, 223;
sympathies on the side of the people, 223;
offers to lead the movement against enclosures of land, 224;
he is eagerly accepted as captain, and leads large army towards
Norwich, 224;
issues manifesto attacking landlords, 225;
advances to Mousehold, and his force increases to 20,000, 228;
sends statement to Edward VI., 229;
king replies by herald, 229;
sets about organising and victualling his followers, as he is not
content with vague promises, 230;
arrests landowners, 231;
repudiates king’s “pardon” as being a just and innocent man, 232;
his arrest ordered by king’s messenger, but impossible in the
presence of his followers, 232;
friction arises between Norwich authorities and the rebels, 232;
fight ensues, Norwich in his hands, 233;
unsuccessfully opposed by Marquis of Northampton, 234;
commands in Norwich for three weeks, 235;
disappointed at rising not becoming general, 236;
negotiates with Earl of Warwick, sent to suppress revolt, 237;
abrupt conclusion, and battle follows, 238;
his mistaken tactics and defeat, 239;
his followers surrender to Warwick, 239;
his flight and capture, 239;
tried, found guilty of high treason and condemned to death, 241;
hanged in chains in Norwich, 241
Ket, William, 223, 239, 240, 241
Knolles, Sir Robert, 156
Knyvett, Sir Edmund, 236
Langham, Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 144
Langland, Robert, 145
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