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Robert Kett stone plaque

Commemorative plaque
Robert Kett stone plaque
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This stone commemorative plaque records: In 1549 AD Robert Kett yeoman farmer of Wymondham was executed by hanging in this castle after the defeat of the Norfolk Rebellion of which he was the leader In 1949 AD - four hundred years later - this memorial was placed here by the citizens of Norwich in reparation and honour to a notable and courageous leader in the long struggle of the common people of England to escape from a servile life into the freedom of just conditions
Robert Kett, a yeoman farmer from Wymondham, led the Norfolk Rebellion in 1549, advocating for peasants' rights against economic oppression; he was executed following the rebellion's suppression, but is remembered as a symbol of the struggle for social justice.

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