The climactic moment of the Peasants' Revolt. Wat Tyler was stabbed by Mayor William Walworth at the Smithfield negotiations; the young King Richard II famously rode forward and addressed the rebel army himself, saying "I will be your king and captain." His courage defused the crisis. Tyler was subsequently killed. The revolt collapsed rapidly without its leader.
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