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

Scarcely three Catholic martyrs can be named, and there was no Pilgrimage of Grace.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Of this family, also, was Sir Robert Aske, a man of daring and enthusiastic courage, possessing considerable talents, who headed the insurrection called "the Pilgrimage of Grace," in the days of Henry VIII.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

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

In 1536, when the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out, he was seized by the rebels and carried to Pontefract Castle, where he was compelled to take an oath that he would support the rebel party.

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)