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
With one aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace he had yet to deal.
From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
The dissolution of the monasteries had meanwhile evoked a popular protest in the north, and it was only by skilful and unscrupulous diplomacy that Henry was enabled to suppress so easily the Pilgrimage of Grace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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
Only once, when the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out, was his throne in any danger, and that insurrection he easily suppressed.
From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony
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