The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent
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Oct 14, 2026
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Many of them are not peasants at all, but respectable villagers, yeomen, craftsmen, constables, and even a few gentlemen.
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Their manifesto, The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent, accuses the king's officials of extortion, of rigging elections, and of blaming Kent for the murder of the Duke of Suffolk.
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They are angry, but they are also, on the whole, rather polite, and two of them insist on paying Dame Joan in advance, in case they are hanged before morning.
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There are the merchants.