1549 CE

War & Conflict

Robert Kett Leads Rebels on Mousehold Heath

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Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in the English county of Norfolk during the reign of Edward VI, largely in response to the enclosure of land. It began at Wymondham on 8 July 1549 with a group of rebels destroying fences that had been put up by wealthy landowners. One of their targets was yeoman Robert Kett who, instead of resisting the rebels, agreed to their demands and offered to lead them.

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A group of dissenters in Norfolk during Robert Kett's rebellion of 1549Samuel WalePublic domainWikimedia Commons
Kett's Rebellion from "Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk; being a history of the great civil commotion that occurred at the time of the Reformation, in the reign of Edward VI. Founded on the “Commoyson in Norfolk, 1549,” by N. Sotherton; and the “De Furoribus Norfolciensium” of Nevylle; and corroborated by extracts from the Privy Council Register, documents preserved in the State Paper and other Record Offices, the Harleian and other MSS. ... With illustrations".The British LibraryPublic domainEuropeana
Kett's Oak from "Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk; being a history of the great civil commotion that occurred at the time of the Reformation, in the reign of Edward VI. Founded on the “Commoyson in Norfolk, 1549,” by N. Sotherton; and the “De Furoribus Norfolciensium” of Nevylle; and corroborated by extracts from the Privy Council Register, documents preserved in the State Paper and other Record Offices, the Harleian and other MSS. ... With illustrations".The British LibraryPublic domainEuropeana
Tombland from "Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk; being a history of the great civil commotion that occurred at the time of the Reformation, in the reign of Edward VI. Founded on the “Commoyson in Norfolk, 1549,” by N. Sotherton; and the “De Furoribus Norfolciensium” of Nevylle; and corroborated by extracts from the Privy Council Register, documents preserved in the State Paper and other Record Offices, the Harleian and other MSS. ... With illustrations".The British LibraryPublic domainEuropeana

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