Event from: Down With The Fences – The Struggle For The Global Commons

The Kett Rebellion

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Date: , 2008
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Venue: Bridewell Police Station, BS1 2LE
Price: Donation
With: Peter Clark
Series: Down With The Fences – The Struggle For The Global Commons
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Section: Events
Subjects: Commons, Customary Rights & Enclosures, Revolution & Rebellion
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The Kett Rebellion was a sudden explosion of popular feeling against the enclosure policies of the Tudor government that swept through Norfolk in the summer of 1549. 20,000 people led by Robert Kett created a self-governing camp outside Norwich. It required two military expeditions from London to suppress the uprising.

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A plaque at the entrance of Norwich Castle that commemorates Thomas Kett.
A plaque at the entrance of Norwich Castle that commemorates Thomas Kett.

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