Pilgrimage of Grace

Lincolnshire Uprising:

• 1536
• First protest to break out
• Seized representative of the Bishop of Lincoln & royal commisioners- involved in dissolution
• 3000 men from Louth to York on 3 October
• 10,000 marched from Horncastle to Lincoln
• Bishop of Lincoln rep. attacked on 4 Oct 
• King's army led by Duke of Suffolk sent- arrived after rebellion
• Action as treason
• Unrest for 12 days
• Banner placed on parish church in Horncastle (five wounds) - fought in Christ's name
• Lincoln Articles, 9th October 1536

- Anger about disolution of monasteries

-Statute of Uses

-Rising taxes on animals

-Quality of Henry's council

-Questioning the faith of Evangelical Bishops

Pilrimage of Grace:

• Main rebellion
• Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham & Cumberland- concern about king's government
• Challenges to religion- march under banner of five wounds
• 9 separate risings (known as hosts)
• Key leader Robert Aske

-Successful lawyer

-Training at Inns of Court in London

-Capable of organising companies of armed men

-16 Oct, 10,000 supporters of PoG entered York

• Next week more assemblies in Durham, Cumberland & Westmoreland -4 captains from Penrith to lead & took names Charity, Faith, Poverty & Pity
• Henry VIII dependant on local nobility
• Earl of Cumberland captive in Skipton Castle in week-long siege
• Pilgrims had Bernard Castle & Pontefract Castle from Lord Darcy
• Pontefract where demands created, Dec 1536

-End heresy in England

-Restore papacy

-All heretics punished (naming Cromwell)

-Put princess Mary back into succession

-Restore religious houses

• By October 30,000 controlled north of central Lincolnshire, river Don (Yorkshire)
• Key…