The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-22
TODAY IN HISTORY
JACK Cade's Rebellion,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %,

| Almost one hundred years after the
famous Wat Tyler rebellion there broke
| out another similar lnSurrecti0n In Eng
land. which was known as the Jack Cade
| rebellion. This lnsurrection was named
after It's leader. Jack Cade, and had It's
beginning IN Kent, on June %. li2O. Cade
| was OF Irish birth and had served In the
French wars. Assuming the name OF
Mortimer. and claiming relationship with
| the Duke OF York. he marched with 2ooVo
TO 30 600 armed men on London and en-
camped at Blackheath. whence he kept
up communication with the citizens
many OF whom were in secret sympathy
with the uprising.
The court sent to inquire why the
good men OF Kent" had left their homes,
Cadc. in paper entitled '"rhe Complaint
OF the Commons OF Kent" replied that
| the people were being robbed of their
goods for the kings use. that mean and
| corrupt persons. who plundered and op-
pressed the commons, filed the hieh oil.
ices at court: that 1t was "noised that
aliened; that misgovernment had ban
ished justice and prosperity from the
land, that the men OF Kent were especial
ly i'll treated and overtaxedo and that free
election OF knights of their shire had
been hindered.
The court sent It's answer in the form
to Seven Oaks, where he awaited the
attack OF a detachment. which he de-
featcd. The royal army refused TO night
against their countrymen; the court
lIldDc SOlllS tpll'tSSlO|lS anu bdNS SHtNt -
London on July 8. For two days he
maintained the strictest order, but he
forced the lord mayor and the Judges 10
pass judgment upon Lord Say: one OF
the kings most unpopular layorites,
whose head Cade's men Immediately cut
off In ChcapsIde.
On the third day some houses were
plundered, the leader himself, 1t is said,
setting the example Cade. who at night
lodged with his army in the suburbs, re-
ccived news that the citizens intended TO
prevent his entrance into the city on the
next day, and he made an attack on the
bridge. but was defeated The promise
OF pardon sowed dlssension among his
followers, who dispersed, and price was
set upon Cadc's head. He attempted TO
reach the SUSSEX coast. but was slain
near Lewcs on July IL.
Recent researches have shown that
this rebellion was a mucn more ior-
midable thing than older historians lead
us 70 suppose. II was by no means an
outbreak of the filth and scum of Kent y
In many districts all who were capable OF
bearing arms Joined in the , movement;
a cart and conveyed II to London On
the following morning 1t was taken TO the
Kings Bench prison, where IT lay ior
several days when II was beheaded. and
the head taken and set up on London
bridge.
Many questions have arisen in connec-
tion with Cade's rebellion, and especially
with regard to his personality one re-
cent writer questions the fact of his sup
posedly low birth. on the ground that an
act Of attaindcr was passed against him
after the rebellion.
But his marriage with the daughter OF
an English squire might have given him
some landed property, or at least some
revcrsionary interest. which would fully
account for such an act. point OF
more importance as regards the political
significance of the rising is whether
there was any understanding, as COM
monty supposed between Cade and the
Duke of York II there was 1t must be
remarked that Cade was most unfaith-
full ally. for among the booty which he
seized during the rebellion were jewels
belonging to the Duke. and for which the
king afterwards ordered the latter to be
recompensed,