The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent was a manifesto issued by Jack Cade, a Kentish rebel in 1450, before his march on London. The 'popular grievances' from this manifesto were frequently quoted by the Yorkists during The Wars of the Roses, for propaganda purposes.

  • Full text, modernized by Prof. Jerome Arkenberg.
  • Full text, in the original in "Three fifteenth-century chronicles..." by John Stowe


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complaint_of_the_Poor_Commons_of_Kent
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