Thomas Baker (Peasants' Revolt leader)

Thomas Baker
Born
Died4 July 1381
Chelmsford, Essex, England
NationalityEnglish
Known forPeasants' Revolt

Thomas Baker (died 4 July 1381) was an English landowner and one of the leaders who initiated the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.[1]

Thomas Baker's holding was "Pokattescroft alias Bakerescroft" in Fobbing. This holding still exists, although by the time of the 19th-century tithe map it had become known as Whitehall Six Acres.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference keen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Randal Bingley, Hanged on the 4th of July (in Panorama - the Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society, 1996)

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