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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (9878)	12/3/2002 1:36:14 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

Mosehold Heath is an open park deeded to the city and the people of Norwich... I barely remember as it was so long ago... and at the time I was concentrated in other faster things than parks and history... but thanks for bringing memories back... __________ Mousehold Heath Mousehold Heath was bought for the people of the city in 1886 by a local businessman who wanted to save it from the squatters and brick makers. John Gurney had it restored to the area it is today, using his childhood memory as a guide. This is incredible for the man was blind. The Heath’s history dates back to 1549 and Kett’s Rebellion. This was an anti-Enclosures Act rebellion. King Edward IV had decreed that it was legal for landowners to fence off their land to prevent poor people gathering wood or farming. It was a very unpopular act and in Norfolk people were badly affected by it. A landowner from Wymondham, about 12 miles from Norwich, refused to erect fences and raised a people’s army of about 12,000. This army of men, women and children marched to Norwich and camped on Mousehold Heath, and with other supporters made periodic attacks on the city. The King sent several armies to Norwich but it was finally Dudley, Earl of Warwick who crushed the rebellion, by slaughtering the majority of the rebels. Mousehold Heath now belongs to the people of Norwich and is part of the "Countryside on your Doorstep" scheme. The views from the top are spectacular and on a clear day you can see both cathedrals, the castle, City Hall and the church of St. Peter Mancroft. freespace.virgin.net (scrol down) ____________________________________ Another poem by Adrian Hoare We are the people of Norfolk And let no one forget We trusted to see a better world That day we followed Kett We are the common Norfolk people Neither rebels nor scum are we We came to camp at Mousehold And saw justice beneath an oak tree We fought for our right to the commons We struggled for all to be free And we'll always remember Robert Kett And his justice beneath the oak tree His body hangs from the castle walls No doubt some are satisfied But there are thousands ore who will never forget The great cause for which he died Though he has suffered and cruelly died What he stood for none will forget And countless generations after us Will pay homage to Robert Kett