During the Peasants Revolt of 1381, Geoffrey Lister\'s rebels took control of Norwich for several days. They held courts, forced local gentry to serve as their servants, and burned legal records. The city was the second largest in England, making its temporary rebel occupation a major challenge to royal authority. Bishop Henry Despenser of Norwich, a military churchman who had fought in Italy, organised the royalist response and crushed the Norwich rising with notable speed and violence, personally absolving rebels before their execution.
Rebels: Geoffrey Lister with Norfolk insurgents. City: Norwich authorities and later Bishop Despenser\'s forces
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