East Anglia was one of the most explosive regions of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt. At Bury St Edmunds, rebels led by John Wrawe beheaded the Prior of St Edmundsbury and the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, John Cavendish. Town records and charters were burned. The revolt in East Anglia reflected both agrarian grievances and deep resentment of monastic landlordism, particularly against the wealthy Abbey of St Edmunds.
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