See also:KET (or KETT), See also:ROBERT (d. 1549)
, See also:English See also:rebel, is usually called a See also:tanner, but he certainly held the See also:manor of See also:Wymondham in See also:Norfolk
.
With his See also:brother See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William he led the men of Wymondham in their See also:quarrel with a certain Flowerden, and having thus come into prominence, he headed the men of Norfolk when they See also:rose in See also:rebellion in 1549 owing to the hardships inflicted by the extensive enclosures of See also:common lands and by the generalpolicy of the See also:protector See also:Somerset
.
A feast held at Wymondham in See also:July 1549 See also:developed into a See also:riot and gave the See also:signal for the outbreak
.
Leading his followers to See also:Norwich, See also:Ket formed a See also:camp on Mousehold See also:Heath, where he is said to have commanded 16,000 men, introduced a See also:regular See also:system of discipline, administered See also:justice and blockaded the See also:city
.
He refused the royal offer of an See also:amnesty on the ground that See also:innocent and just men had no need of See also:pardon, and on the 1st of See also:August 1549 attacked and took See also:possession of Norwich
.
See also:John See also:Dudley, See also:earl of See also:Warwick, marched against the rebels, and after his offer of pardon had been rejected he forced his way into the city, See also:driving its defenders before him
.
Then, strengthened by the arrival of some See also:foreign mercenaries, he attacked the See also:main See also:body of the rebels at Dussindale on the 27th of August
.
Ket's men were easily routed by the trained soldiery, and See also:Robert and William Ket were seized and taken to See also:London, where they were condemned to See also:death for See also:treason
.
On the 7th of See also:December 1549 Robert was executed at Norwich, and his body was hanged on the See also:top of the See also:castle, while that of William was hanged on the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:tower at Wymondham
.
See F
.
W
.
See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, Kett's Rebellion (1859), and J
.
A
.
See also:Froude, See also:History of See also:England, vol. iv
.
(London, 1898)
.
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