michaelchandler

Robert Kett
On Tuesday 28 October 2008, Dr Ian Gibson MP for Norwich North held an early day motion to have the word treason removed from the name of Robert Kett, leader of the Kett's Rebellion during the year 1549. I am a writer working on a book on Robert Kett and I am interested in what Robert Kett means to the people of Norwich in todays age
Published 31 October 2008 08:46 by michaelchandler
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PollyVW said:

Very little I suspect.  When this news item was aired on the regional BBC news programme"Look East" their public sample  unanimously "had never heard of him".  There are streets named after Robert Kett; most people who have attempted to cycle up Kett's Hill will remember the hil at least.  Bowthorpe, now a sprawling housing development, was the last staging  post for the advancing rebels before their arrival in Norwich,  There is nothing there now to commemorate that historical connection. Schools here don't include  Kett's Rebelllion in their history syallabus, which is a sad loss.  Norwich has a fine tradition of medieval sedition, which is largely lost on its present population.

It's odd that this should be so, because there is great interest in local history, but it's largely restricted to what is still in living memory, and  available in pictorial record.

November 5, 2008 12:19

annkavanagh said:

Hi,

Ive not lived in Norwich very long but I think Norwich is interested in its own history. I understand that Kett was finally hung from the castle walls overlooking castle meadows and left there for the birds to peck away at!....part of a cruel and gruellsome history. (I am sure most kids would love to know more about him.)

We are helped to discover the history of Norwich with the small green plaques located all around the city at places of interest if we just take the time to explore them.

November 6, 2008 10:55
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