Causes of Lincolnshire and Pilgrimage of Grace
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- Created on: 01-10-20 10:23
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- Causes of Lincolnshire and Pilgrimage of Grace
- Political
- may have been supported by conservative faction of nobility, whose aim was to restore Catholic Mary and remove Cromwell
- some higher class were critical of roles of individuals like Cranmer and Cromwell
- resentment from landowners regarding attempts to enforce wardships through Act of Uses, mentioned in demands
- Religious
- anger at dissolutions, seen as attack on Catholic traditions
- many were scared and angered as they needed Catholic traditions to get to heaven and follow teachings but couldn't
- "Pilgrimage" suggests peaceful, religious motivations
- Lincolnshire rebels banner had the five wounds of Christ from crucifixion
- 9 out of 24 Pontefract demands were religious (Lincolnshire)
- some nobles were sympathetic to the rebels religiously didn't stop them
- Economic/ social
- Northern England suffered from social and economic hardships
- tenants were angry about demands placed on them by landlords liken entry fines
- in 1534 a controversial new subsidy was issued during peacetime
- impetus for rebellion came from peasants and agricultural workers who tried to get gentry's help
- the new subsidy hit the North hard as they had 2 years of bad harvests
- some landlords in Yorkshire and Lake District were disclosing their lands (sheep farming) causing as loss of jobs
- subsidy caused resentment as commissioners were used to look into people's ability to pay
- Political
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