Robert Hales

Robert Hales (* 1325 in High Halden, Kent, † 1381 in London) was Prior of the Order of St John and Lord High Treasurer of England.

Sources from Hales life have survived only sparsely. In 1358 he considered himself the Hospitallers on Rhodes. In the same year he was the commander of several ballein in England. In 1362 he was personally in England again. In 1365 he was one of a hundred Knights of St. John, St. Peter I of Cyprus, taking in his attempt Alexandria, beistanden. The crusade against Alexandria ended with a victory for the Crusaders, the sack of the city and the massacre of its inhabitants. For Hales, the company ended with a great personal glory, which he could use to make a career in England.

Hales was determined in 1372 to top the Prior of the Order of St. John in England. Thus, he automatically also held the highest rank of Baron Kingdom and came in the log before any other barons. As Lord High Treasurer, he tried to introduce a poll tax in England, and made himself extremely unpopular on these tests in people. Hales was murdered in 1381 during the Peasants ' Revolt of the English rebels to Wat Tyler. This had the Tower of London stormed stormed Hales and his entourage out of the fortress and set Hales immediately on the Tower Hill back.

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• Prior ( Order of Malta )
• Politicians (14th century)
• English
• Born in the 14th century
• Died in 1381
• Man