Following a drunken feast, peasants set off to tear down Flowerdew's hedges and fences, a landlord unpopular for overseeing the dissolution of monasteries

People felt it interfered with their ancient rights to work and graze the common land

The Sheep Tax of 1549 did little, taxing farmers per sheep was unfair in hilly and mountainous areas

Poor harvests, rising inflation and rent led peasants to revolt

The presence of commissioners worsened things, as they became hopeful for legislation that never came

Following bribes they targeted Kett (who had saved their parish church), who helped tear down his fences before setting off for Norwich

Meeting at Kett's oak with a following of 16,000 they camped out and had failed negotiations with the mayor and sheriff

They created a list of 29 demands, including removal of enclosures, reform of Clergy doctrine to Protestantism and limiting power of the nobility

Following rejection of a pardon they captured Norwich and set up local government

An army of 1400 was sent (and defeated), then the Earl of Warwick with 12000 men who was successful

Reinforcements were sent and the final Battle of Dussindale (27th August 1549) was a massacre with Robert Kett hanged for treason

None of the demands were acted upon, hundreds of rebels were executed and Robert Kett was tried and hanged for treason at Norwich Castle

Led to the downfall of Protector Somerset in the Privy Council, who was replaced later that year by the Earl of Warwick