In 1450, tensions and divisions in the political structure surfaced in the impeachment of the duke of Suffolk by the Commons in February, followed by his exile and murder in the name of ‘the community of the realm’ in April. From May to July a rebellion begun in Kent, under an unknown individual calling himself ‘Jack Cade’, culminated in the rebels' capture of London and the ‘execution’ of Lord Say, one of Suffolk's associates. The city was recaptured by Lord Scales on 5 July, but the revolt was more widespread than this. Bishop Ayscough who, like Say, was associated with Suffolk's régime, was murdered in Salisbury at the same time as Cade's men were advancing on London. The citizens themselves were not ill-disposed towards the rebels. Their support only evaporated when the mob sacked the house of a former mayor, and propertied interests felt threatened. The rebels demanded the removal of courtiers who had been, or were perceived to have been, close to the duke of Suffolk, who were felt to be preventing access to the royal person for anyone not favoured by them. These men, together with Suffolk, were accused of the murder of the duke of Gloucester in 1447, of impoverishing the king, and of the loss of France. In being responsible for the loss of the king's majesty and the king's possessions in France, these men were also responsible for the non-fulfilment of the prophetic agenda.