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
The revolt bore the name of the Pilgrimage of Grace, and its programme was practically the restoration of the old religion.
From A Short History of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Pilgrimage of Grace, 302 ff. religious parties and statistics, 308, 311, 323, 325 f.,
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
Pilgrimage of Grace They found their opportunity in the discontent of the north, where the monasteries had been popular, and where the rougher mood of the people turned easily to resistance.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard
A rebellion in Lincolnshire and another in the north, the formidable Pilgrimage of Grace, followed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
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