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

Lord Hussey was a dangerous guardian, he was subsequently executed for his complicity in the Pilgrimage of Grace, the avowed object of which was the restoration of Mary to her place as heir-apparent.

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

The arrest of the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace was followed by ruthless severities.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

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

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 Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)