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CADE, JOHN (d. 1450)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CADE, See also:JOHN (d. 1450) , commonly called See also:JACK CADE, See also:English See also:rebel and See also:leader of the rising of 1450, was probably an Irishman by See also:birth, but the details of his See also:early See also:life are very scanty. He seems to have resided for a See also:time in See also:Sussex, to have fled from the See also:country after committing a See also:murder, and to have served in the See also:French See also:wars. Returning to See also:England, he settled in See also:Kent under the name of See also:Aylmer and married a See also:lady of See also:good position. When the men of Kent See also:rose in See also:rebellion in May 1450, they were led by a See also:man who took the name of See also:Mortimer, and who has generally been regarded as identical with Cade. Mr See also:James See also:Gairdner, however, considers it probable that Cade did not take command of the rebels until after the skirmish at See also:Sevenoaks on the 18th of See also:June. At all events, it was Cade who led the insurgents from See also:Blackheath to See also:Southwark, and under him they made their way into See also:London on the 3rd of See also:July. A See also:part of the populace was doubtless favourable to the rebels, but the opposing party gained strength when Cade and his men began to See also:plunder. Having secured the See also:execution of James See also:Fiennes, See also:Baron Say and Sele, and of See also:William Crowmer, See also:sheriff of Kent, Cade and his followers retired to Southwark, and on the 5th of July, after a fierce struggle on London See also:Bridge, the citizens prevented them from re-entering the See also:city. Cade then met the See also:chancellor, John See also:Kemp, See also:archbishop of See also:York, and William of Wayneflete, See also:bishop of See also:Winchester, and terms of See also:peace were arranged. Pardons were See also:drawn up, that for the leaders being in the name of Mortimer. Cade, however, retained some of his men, and at this time, or a See also:day or two earlier, See also:broke open the prisons in Southwark and released the prisoners, many of whom joined his See also:band.

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booty, he went to See also:Rochester, made a futile See also:attempt to See also:capture See also:Queenborough See also:castle, and then quarrelled with his followers over some plunder. On the See also:roth of July a See also:proclamation was issued against him in the name of Cade, and a See also:reward was offered for his See also:apprehension. Escaping into Sussex he was captured at See also:Heathfield on the 12th. During the scuffle he had been severely wounded, and on the day of his capture he died in the See also:cart which was conveying him to London. The See also:body was afterwards beheaded and quartered, and in 1451 Cade was attainted. See See also:Robert See also:Fabyan, The New See also:Chronicles of England and See also:France, edited by H. See also:Ellis (London, 1811) ; William of See also:Worcester, Annales rerum Anglicarum, edited by J. See also:Stevenson, (London, 1864) ; An English See also:Chronicle of the Reigns of See also:Richard II., See also:Henry IV., Henry V. and Henry VI., edited by J. S. See also:Davies (London, 1856) ; See also:Historical Collections of a See also:Citizen ofLondon, edited by J. Gairdner (London, 1876) ; Three Fifteenth See also:Century Chronicles, edited by J. Gairdner (London, 1880) ; J.

Gairdner, Introduction to the Paston Letters (London, 1904) ; G.

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