On their march to London, Wat Tyler's Kentish rebels stormed Rochester Castle, which had been hastily garrisoned against them. The rebels freed prisoners including a group of villeins who had been imprisoned for defying their lord at Gravesham. The seizure of Rochester Bridge gave the rebels control of the main road to London. Rochester was one of several fortified points seized as the Kentish and Essex risings combined into the great march of 1381.
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