William Walworth is best known for killing Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.
12 Facts About William Walworth
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William Walworth was apprenticed to John Lovekyn, who was a member of the Fishmongers Guild, whom he succeeded as Alderman of Bridge Ward in 1368.
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William Walworth was Member of Parliament for the City of London in 1371,1376,1377, and 1383, as one of the two aldermanic representatives of the city.
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William Walworth opposed the king's uncle John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster in the city, where there was a strong opposition to John.
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William Walworth worked for a time in the Customs House under Geoffrey Chaucer.
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John Gardner, in The Life and Times of Chaucer, contends that William Walworth were one of a number of important merchants, all friends of Alice Perrers, who manipulated Edward III.
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William Walworth was with Richard II when he met the insurgents at Smithfield, and killed the rebel leader with his baselard.
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William Walworth raised the city bodyguard in the king's defence, for which service he was rewarded by knighthood and a pension.
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William Walworth subsequently served on two commissions to restore the peace in the county of Kent.
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William Walworth died in 1385, and was buried in the church of St Michael, Crooked Lane, of which he was a considerable benefactor.
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William Walworth became a favorite hero in popular tales, and appeared in Richard Johnson's Nine Worthies of London in 1592.
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William Walworth is commemorated with a statue on Holborn Viaduct, near the boundary of the City of London.