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
Their sleeves were embroidered with the five wounds of Christ, encircling the name of Jesus—the badge of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
Pilgrimage of Grace, 302 ff. religious parties and statistics, 308, 311, 323, 325 f.,
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
Refugees from the Pilgrimage of Grace found shelter in Scotland, and the ceaseless Border warfare might, at any time, have provided either King with a case for war, if war he desired.
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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