Pilgrimage of Grace

British  

noun

1. a rebellion in 1536 in N England against the Reformation and Henry VIII's government

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Example Sentences

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

He took an active part in promoting the Pilgrimage of Grace and the second rising in 1541.

From The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Withers, Hartley

When the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out four months later, Northumberland was the only nobleman in the power of the insurgents who refused to join in the rebellion.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

But the new Pilgrimage of Grace was destined to no more success than the old one.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

In 1536, when the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out, he was seized by the rebels and carried to Pontefract Castle, where he was compelled to take an oath that he would support the rebel party.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)