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Who personally stabbed Wat Tyler at Smithfield on 15 June 1381 while Tyler was negotiating with King Richard II?
William Walworth, the Lord Mayor of London, stabbed Tyler in the neck during the Smithfield negotiations. The 14-year-old king then rode forward alone and called the rebel army to follow him. The Peasants' Revolt collapsed by evening.
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The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 That Briefly Captured London, Beheaded the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Was Ended When the Lord Mayor Stabbed Wat Tyler in Front of the King The Peasants' Revolt began in Essex on 30 May 1381 in response to the third Poll Tax in four years. About 60,000 rebels marched on London by mid-June. They beheaded the Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Sudbury on Tower Hill. The Lord Mayor William Walworth stabbed the rebel leader Wat Tyler in the throat at Smithfield on 15 June while Tyler was negotiating face-to-face with the 14-year-old King Richard II.
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