Mousehold Heath was the most extraordinary social experiment of Tudor England. Kett's camp of 16,000 governed itself for six weeks with its own court under the Oak of Reformation. Landowners were brought before it accused of enclosure. Kett took Norwich while Northumberland was delayed raising forces. The camp demonstrated organised popular governance rather than mere riot. Its destruction in August 1549 and Kett's execution ended the most articulate peasant challenge to Tudor social order.
c.2,000-3,500 killed in battle; Kett and his brother executed
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