PLATE XXV.
THE MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
In the revolt headed by Wat Tyler, John Ball, and others, many excesses were committed; among others, the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Tower, which, according to Froissart, happened in the following manner:—“The king having agreed to a parley with the rebels in a meadow at Mile End, passed out of the Tower with his retinue, for the purpose of proceeding there; the mob, taking advantage of the open gates, rushed in, and running from chamber to chamber, at last found the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was Chancellor of England, and put him instantly to death.” They also murdered the Prior of St. John’s, and a Franciscan Friar, a doctor of physic, as represented in the Illumination.
Edward III. before Rheims.