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Also Known As	Robert Kett
Died	December 7, 1549 • Norwich • England

Painting of Oliver Cromwell in black armor with a white sash, standing outdoors as a young attendant in red helps adjust his armor.

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

William III

William III

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Henry IV

Henry IV

king of England

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Jack Cade

English revolutionary

Bacon's Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon

American colonist

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Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg

German soldier

Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger, panel painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger

English soldier

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Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland

English noble

Earl of Totnes, detail of an oil painting after a portrait, c. 1615–20; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Carew, earl of Totnes

English administrator

Robert Walker: Henry Ireton

Henry Ireton

British statesman

Sir Henry Sidney, painting by an unknown artist, 1573; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Henry Sidney

British statesman [1529-1586]

Ludlow; portrait by an unknown artist

Edmund Ludlow

English soldier and politician

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Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell

English politician

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Lambert Simnel

English pretender

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Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard

Irish noble

Mountjoy, detail of an engraving by Valentine Green after a portrait by Paul van Somer

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy

English lord deputy of Ireland

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Sir Henry Percy

English rebel

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George Booth, 1st Baron Delamere

English politician

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Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of Kildare

Irish leader

Peasants' Revolt

Wat Tyler

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