Richard Lyons (Warden of the Mint) Richard Lyons (Warden of the Mint) Sir Richard Lyons (1310 - 1381) was a prosperous City of London merchant, financier, and property developer, who held a monopoly on the sale of sweet wine in London, during the 14th century. He was a Privy Counsellor, an Alderman of the City, a member of the Worshipful Company of Vintners and served as both as Sheriff of London and MP for Essex. Lyons was a lifelong friend of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Lyons was killed by Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Revolt. Sir Richard was the most famous member of the Lyons family
John Wrawe John Wrawe John Wrawe (d. 1382) was a rebel leader during the English Peasants' Revolt. At the start of the Peasants' Revolt in June 1381, John Wrawe, a former chaplain, marched north from Essex towards the neighbouring county of Suffolk, with the intention of raising a revolt there. Wrawe had considerable influence over the development of the revolt across eastern England. The number of rebels in the eastern counties, then a very populous region, may have approached those in the London revolt. The authorities put up very little resistance to the revolt: the major nobles failed to organise defences, key