Pilgrimage of Grace
Britishnoun
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In the course of his suppression of monasteries, the northern counties rose against his Vice-Regent, Thomas Cromwell, in the so-called "Pilgrimage of Grace."
From Time Magazine Archive
Aske, Constable, and other leaders of the original Pilgrimage of Grace exerted themselves to stay this outbreak of their more violent followers; and between moderates and extremists the whole movement quickly collapsed.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
Only once, when the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out, was his throne in any danger, and that insurrection he easily suppressed.
From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by James Anthony Froude
With one aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace he had yet to deal.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
But the new Pilgrimage of Grace was destined to no more success than the old one.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
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