St Albans had its own dramatic Peasants' Revolt episode — the townspeople forced the Abbot to produce ancient charters giving the town rights the monastery had suppressed. They then made the monks eat from clay pots. William Grindcobbe, who led the town revolt, was executed after the suppression. "I would rather die than survive that freedom which I have won for you," he reportedly said before his execution.
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