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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Pilgrimage of Grace

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

The Roman Catholics attempted it during their Pilgrimage of Grace, but were beaten off.

From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White

At the Reformation the head was seized by one Layton, afterwards Dean, and a follower of Thomas Cromwell; its seizure was one of the chief causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace.

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

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 Hartley Withers

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 James Anthony Froude

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