John Bampton
person
3 mentions
2 recordings
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Sep
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Royal commissioner who triggered the Brentwood confrontation
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Peak in the day, 20 Sep — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentJohn HopkinsShort History Of... · The Peasants’ Revolt · 0:48 · 20 Sep
…Now, with the guard standing to attention, one of the officials, John Bampton, gets to his feet.…
Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 — England’s Bloody Uprisi... · 1:28:22 · 10 Jul
…Bampton had come with explicit authority and with the legal backing of the Crown.…
Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 — England’s Bloody Uprisi... · 1:28:04 · 10 Jul
…The specific incident that historians generally identify as the triggering event for the Essex Revolt occurred in late May or early June of 1381 in the town of Brentwood when a royal commissioner named John Bampton arrived to conduct the reassessment of several Essex villages that had returned low tax counts.…
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