Peasants' Revolt: Canterbury 1381 was a medieval skirmish, fought at Kent, England in 1381. Kentish rebels (Wat Tyler) prevailed over Canterbury authorities. Canterbury seized without resistance; castle and Archbishop Simon Sudbury's palace sacked, court and public records burned, prison opened and inmates freed, suspected enemies dragged out and executed; rebels moved on to London the following morning.
The site of Peasants' Revolt: Canterbury 1381 lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.
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