John Northampton

John Northampton was a reformist Lord Mayor of London in the 1380s, during dissension in favor of reform of its Common Council in the early years of Richard II's reign. When the oligarchic leaders of London were able to engineer the overthrow of his faction, even the book of records of reform legislation was burned. The mob politics of such radical movements increased the uneasiness of the great about allowing popular participation in government.

ee also

*Thomas Usk

External links

* [http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/government/gvpoli24.html#p78 "Florilegium Urbanum":] Party politics lead to civil disorder