While the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is best remembered for its London phase — Wat Tyler's march, the burning of the Savoy, and the killing of the Archbishop of Canterbury — the Midlands saw significant unrest. Coventry, Leicester, and Northampton all experienced local risings. John Ball, the radical priest whose letters circulated with slogans like 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?' had connections to the Midlands. The revolt was crushed after Richard II's confrontation with Wat Tyler at Smithfield.
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