Pilgrimage of Grace

When + what was the Pilgrimage of Grace

1536-7 - largest Tudor rebellion, involving 30,000 rebels

Collapsing royal authority

Why + where did the rebellion begin?

1536 - Louth, Lincolnshire

Opposition to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Defence of traditional Catholic practices

What happened in the Lincolnshire rising

1536 - 10,000 men assembled

Rebellion collapsed after Henry VIII threatened treason + Duke of Suffolk advanced

Who led the Pilgrimage of Grace

Robert Ake - “Grand Captain”

Outnumbered royal forces 30,000 vs. 8,000

Pontefract Articles

Rebels seized Pontefract Castle

1536 - demands including restoration of monasteries

Removal of Cromwell

Lower taxes

Princess Mary restored to succession

Diffusion of the rebellion

Duke of Norfolk offered free pardons

Parliament in York proposed

Bigod’s Rebellion

1537 - failed uprising by Sir Francis Bigod

Gave Henry excuse to crush rebels

178 executions - including Aske + Lord Darcy