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During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels stormed the Tower of London, killing Simon Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, and Robert Hales, Lord High Treasurer (both pictured).
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Peasants' Revolt
1381 uprising in England
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Castle in central London, England
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Simon Sudbury
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 to 1381
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Great Officer of State in the United Kingdom
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Robert Hales (knight)
English admiral (1325–1381)
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Lord High Treasurer
English government position
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