The Cambridge rising in 1381 combined peasant grievances with deep townsman resentment of university privilege. Rebels forced the University to surrender its charters and privileges; Corpus Christi College was particularly targeted. The town had long chafed under university jurisdiction and saw the revolt as an opportunity to settle old scores. The restoration of order after Wat Tyler's death reversed all concessions.
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