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 Tyke.Tyl’wyth Teg [the Fair Family], 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tyler Insurrection.
 
Wat Tyler’s insurrection. An insurrection headed by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, in consequence of a poll-tax of three groats to defray the expenses of a war with France. (1381.)   1
 


 Tyke.Tyl’wyth Teg [the Fair Family], 

 
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