The British nation a history / by George MWrong . John WycLirFE (1S24 M384). 190 THE BRITISH NATION. Peasants thkesiiino, about 1340. came to be known as the Lollards. It is never easy totrace the influence and the numbers of the adherents of new opinions, but Lol-lard teaching was noobscure factor in thegreat peasant storm prepar-ing in so many waysfinally burst, owing toa new and oppressivetax. An invasion ofFrance was planned in1380, and to meet the heavy cost a special poll-tax waslevied. Each township was to pay a shilling for everyThe immediate P^rson within it more than fif
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . John WycLirFE (1S24 M384). 190 THE BRITISH NATION. Peasants thkesiiino, about 1340. came to be known as the Lollards. It is never easy totrace the influence and the numbers of the adherents of new opinions, but Lol-lard teaching was noobscure factor in thegreat peasant storm prepar-ing in so many waysfinally burst, owing toa new and oppressivetax. An invasion ofFrance was planned in1380, and to meet the heavy cost a special poll-tax waslevied. Each township was to pay a shilling for everyThe immediate P^rson within it more than fifteen years ofcause of the age, and in present-day values this meant a^°^* tax of fully twelve shillings per head. The first results from the tax Avere disappointing, and early in3381 collectors went about exact-ing it more rigorously. Therewere angry disputes as to theages of children said to be liableto the tax, which, to the peasantwho might have to pay for him-self, his wife, and several othersin his famil}, was a burden al-most intolerable. Some of the in-habitants of towns and villages,to
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