burned down. As Fitz Osbert emerged from the smoke and flames he was stabbed and wounded in the belly by the son of the man whom he had earlier killed, upon which Osbert was taken into custody. Within days he was convicted and "first drawn asunder by horses, and then hanged on a gibbet with nine of his accomplices who refused to desert him". His followers called him a martyr and the spot where he was hanged became a daily place of gathering; objects associated with his execution were venerated, and even the soil at the spot where he died was collected, resulting in the creation of a pit. Eventually armed guards were put in place to keep people away. In later centuries such revolts would become more common; in the 12th and 13th centuries English kings were in constant trouble from revolts by the aristocracy, but rarely had trouble from the lower classes. Quotes "I am the savior of the poor. Do ye, oh, poor! who have experienced the heaviness of rich men's hands, drink from my wells the waters of the doctrine of salvation, and ye may do this joyfully; for the time of your visitation is at hand. For I will divide the waters from the waters. The people are the waters. I will divide the humble from the haughty and treacherous. I will separate the elect from the reprobate, as light from darkness." See also Revolt of 1173–1174 – Aristocratic revolt. University of Paris strike of 1229 – Student revolts. Notes References Book 5 Ch. 20&21, "Of a conspiracy made in London by one William, and how he paid the penalty of his audacity", Full-text online. Further reading English rebels 1196 deaths Year of birth unknown England in the High Middle Ages Popular revolt in late-medieval Europe People executed under the Plantagenets Politicians from London 12th-century executions by England Christians of the Third Crusade