ALPHA Timepoint is in alpha Talk to Us
Sign In Get Started
A

Attack on Tax Collector John Bampton in Brentwood

Angry peasants confront royal tax collector John Bampton in Brentwood's town square, armed with torches and farming tools, demanding justice and an end to oppressive taxation. The crowd's fury is palp

Setting

A dusty town square in Brentwood, Essex, surrounded by timber-framed buildings with thatched roofs. The square is unevenly cobbled, with patches of dirt and trampled grass. A wooden pillory stands at the center, slightly off-kilter.

Characters

The figures in this scene as an entity network — co-presence links everyone in the moment; speakers who trade lines are bound tighter. Turn the resolution dial to reveal depth the engine actually computed.

TNGF
SELECTED
John Bampton
primary
A middle-aged man of slight build, with thinning brown hair and a neatly trimmed beard. His face is pale, with sharp features and a prominent nose. His hands are soft, unused to manual labor, and he has a slight stoop from years spent hunched over ledgers.
Rebel Leader
primary
A burly peasant man in his late 30s with a muscular build from years of farm labor. His face is weathered and tanned, with a thick, unkempt beard and deep-set, fiery eyes. His hands are calloused and strong, gripping a wooden club tightly.
Peasant Woman
secondary
A gaunt, middle-aged woman with sunken cheeks and deep-set eyes that burn with fury. Her hands are rough and calloused from years of labor, and her straw-colored hair is streaked with gray, escaping from a frayed linen coif.
Young Rebel
secondary
A wiry teenage boy with sunburnt skin and wild, straw-colored hair. His face is smudged with dirt, and his knuckles are white from gripping the pitchfork too tightly. His eyes are wide with a mix of fear and exhilaration, darting between the Rebel Leader and John Bampton.
Bampton's Clerk
background
A thin, pale man in his late twenties with a nervous demeanor. His narrow face is framed by lank, dark brown hair, and his small, watery eyes dart about anxiously. His hands are ink-stained from long hours of clerical work, and his posture is slightly hunched from bending over documents.

Dialog

Rebel Leader By the blood of our children starved by your greed, Bampton! No more taxes shall bleed us dry while you feast!
John Bampton This—this unlawful assembly is in direct contravention of His Majesty's— I demand you disperse at once, by order of the crown!
Peasant Woman Demand? DEMAND? You'll demand naught but six feet of earth when we're done with ye, leech!
Rebel Leader Hear how the serpent hisses empty threats! The law he hides behind is the same that strangles honest men!
John Bampton I—I bear only the lawful commissions of Parliament! If you harm an officer of the crown, the justices will—
Peasant Woman Justice? Aye, you'll have it! The justice of the hungry and the wronged!
Rebel Leader To the pillory with him! Let the taxman taste the wood that's pressed our necks these thirty years!

Chat with Characters

You've used your 3 free turns

Sign in to keep chatting with characters from this moment — unlimited turns.

Sign in to Continue
— Sign in for unlimited

Causal neighbors · 519 linked moments

E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · same era
E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · follows
E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · same figure
B
Battle of North Walsham
1381 · same era
B
Battle of North Walsham
1381 · follows
B
Battle of North Walsham
1381 · same figure
O
Outbreak of the Peasants' Revolt
1381 · same location
B
Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt at Brentwood
1381 · same location
S
Sacking of the Savoy Palace
1381 · same figure
O
Outbreak of the Peasants' Revolt
1381 · same figure
M
Meeting at Mile End
1381 · same figure
English Peasants' Revolt
English Peasants' Revolt
1381 · same figure
B
Battle of Böblingen
1525 · same figure
B
Battle of Königshofen
1525 · same figure
M
Mile End Meeting between Richard II and the Rebels
1381 · same figure
C
Capture of John Ball at Coventry
1381 · same figure
S
Storming of London by Peasants' Rebels
1381 · same figure
K
Killing of Simon Sudbury
1381 · same figure
M
Meeting at Mile End
1381 · same figure
B
Battle of Mello (Jacquerie)
1358 · same figure
Battle of Pfeddersheim
Battle of Pfeddersheim
1525 · same figure
E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · same figure
B
Battle of North Walsham
1381 · same figure
S
Storming of the Tower of London
1381 · same era
S
Smithfield Meeting and Death of Wat Tyler
1381 · same era
K
King Richard II's Meeting with Rebels at Mile End
1381 · same era
E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · same era
M
Meeting at Mile End
1381 · same era
K
Killing of Simon Sudbury
1381 · same era
M
Mile End Meeting between King Richard II and Rebel Leaders
1381 · same era
B
Battle of North Walsham
1381 · same era
S
Storming of the Tower of London
1381 · same era
D
Death of Wat Tyler
1381 · same era
S
Smithfield confrontation and death of Wat Tyler
1381 · same era
D
Death of Wat Tyler
1381 · same era
E
Execution of John Ball
1381 · same era