John Leg

Also known as: Iohn Leg · Family: royal household · Role: king's servant · First appears: Richard II 13

Life events

• c. 1381 · The rebels beheaded John Leg for harshly collecting the poll tax.(Richard II 14 · 📍 the tower hill)
  • “There were also beheaded at the same time by those rude people, one of the kings seruants that was a sergeant at armes called Iohn Leg, who had vsed himselfe somewhat extremelie in gathering vp of the pole monie”

Richard II 13

• employer: Richard II “and that one of the kings seruants named Iohn Leg, with three of his fellowes, practised to féele yoong maids whether they were vndergrowne”

Richard II 14

• sworn: Richard II (John Leg is identified as the king’s servant and a sergeant at arms.) “There were also beheaded at the same time by those rude people, one of the kings seruants that was a sergeant at armes called Iohn Leg, who had vsed himselfe somewhat extremelie in gathering vp of the pole monie”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.