LETTERS
Former PM Theresa May in 2019. Reader Stephen Martin highlights her as an example of a leader who attended a grammar school
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Rebel women
I was looking forward to reading the Peasants’ Revolt article that promised to “reveal the true identity of the rebels of 1381” (May), but was disappointed that yet again the women of the revolt were not part of the narrative.
Latin court records show that Joanna Ferrour was charged as the “chief perpetrator and leader of rebellious evildoers from Kent”, ordering the beheading of the archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Sudbury, as well as the Lord High Treasurer, Robert Hales. She also played a major part in
