Fobbing Revolt
Round here, if something is unfair, we don't just take it, we do something about it. We stand up for what we believe in. And we remember those that do. You've probably heard about the Peasants' Revolt? Well that started here, or this is where the spark caught, anyway. It was a long time ago now. 1381. Long, long gone. But part of who we are.
Taxes were being collected for the Crown, and they were too high. The people of Fobbing were gathered together, as many were elsewhere, and told that not only did they have to pay their own taxes, but they also had to pay the taxes of anyone else who refused. I guess the tax collectors were hoping to turn people against each other, but it didn't work. The fury broke, they threw the tax collector and his soldiers out and organised rebellion.
They marched on London, joined by others from Kent, and fought for what they believed in. Both sides of the river, united. There was a big arch put up 600 years later to commemorate it. I wonder whether we would unite now, or whether everyone is too divided to make that kind of bridge.
The peasants' revolt didn't exactly go to plan. The King played a wormy move, killed the leaders, and crushed the rebellion. Afterwards, things did have to change. But it took too much violence - people need to be able to remember things that change quietly too. We need sculptures for that.
From research by the Kinetika team
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Taxes were being collected for the Crown, and they were too high. The people of Fobbing were gathered together, as many were elsewhere, and told that not only did they have to pay their own taxes, but they also had to pay the taxes of anyone else who refused. I guess the tax collectors were hoping to turn people against each other, but it didn't work. The fury broke, they threw the tax collector and his soldiers out and organised rebellion.
They marched on London, joined by others from Kent, and fought for what they believed in. Both sides of the river, united. There was a big arch put up 600 years later to commemorate it. I wonder whether we would unite now, or whether everyone is too divided to make that kind of bridge.
The peasants' revolt didn't exactly go to plan. The King played a wormy move, killed the leaders, and crushed the rebellion. Afterwards, things did have to change. But it took too much violence - people need to be able to remember things that change quietly too. We need sculptures for that.
From research by the Kinetika team
Related Stories...3, 52
