Great Rumour

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The Great Rumour was a protest movement that emerged in south-east and south-west England during 1377.

During 1377, protests began to break out in south-east and south-west England.{{harvnb|Faith|1987|p=43}} Rural workers organised themselves into protest groups and refused to work for their lords, arguing that, according to the Domesday Book, they were exempt from requests for feudal labour services.{{harvnb|Faith|1987|pp=44–46}} This argument depended on the legal concept of ancient demesne, and their belief that the Domesday Book was an accurate reflection of early land tenure agreements.{{harvnb|Faith|1987|pp=52–53}} Unsuccessful appeals and petitions were made both to the law courts and to King Richard II.{{harvnb|Faith|1987|p=69}} The events of the Great Rumour closely resembled much of the subsequent Peasants' Revolt of 1381.{{harvnb|Faith|1987|pp=69–70}}