Sir Robert Hales (also called Robert de Hales), was born about 1325 in Hales Place, High Halden, Kent, the son of Nicholas Hales. High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. ... The Kent coat of arms For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...

In 1372 Robert Hales became the Lord/Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of England. Richard II appointed him Lord High Treasurer, so he was responsible for collecting the hated poll tax. He was beheaded on 14 June 1381 on Tower Hill during the Peasants Revolt. His estate and assets were inherited by his brother Sir Nicholas de Hales the progenitor of the Kentish Hales. In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. ... Baron Vassiliev, a 19th-century Knight Commander The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, the Knights of Malta, the Knights of Rhodes, and the Chevaliers of Malta) was an organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ... A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1381 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Tower Hill is an elevated spot outside the Tower of London and just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... See Peasants War for the German Peasants Revolt of 1524-1526 See also: 1907 Romanian Peasants Revolt The Peasants Revolt or Great Rising was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe in 1381 and is a major event in the history of England. ...