The Pilgrimage of Grace

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The Pilgrimage of Grace
  1. The Lincolnshire Rising
    1. Why was it caused?
      1. The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, which was passed in 1536, required commissioners to visit each area of the country to enquire into the suitability of monks and to assess the value of the monastic holdings. Such visitations were going to be unpopular as they challenged institutions which were valued and revered both fro their religious roles and also for their social and economic importance in the localities. In the absence of solid information, and in an atmosphere of panic and alarm, rumours as to what was to happen gained credence. While rumours circulated through much of the Midlands without any action being taken, they resulted in riots in Lincolnshire. Concerns were raised about the confiscation of church property and the disappearance of treasures such as processional crosses, and there were even reports of the pulling down of parish crosses. In an age when news was spread by word of mouth, few people questioned the truth of all the allegations.
      2. Who led it?
        1. Nicholas Melton, a shoemaker, led the rising. He encouraged a hard core of 20 men including 5 other shoe makers, two weavers, two sawyers, a blacksmith and three labourers to band together in order to seize the representative of the Bishop of Lincoln and the royal commissioners who were at work in the area - some collecting taxes and others dissolving monasteries. A reported crowd of 3,000 men advanced from Louth to Caistor on 3 October to capture the commissioners. Gathering support from Horncastle, 10,000 marched to Lincoln, the county town and, more significantly, the religious center of the region. There, on 4 October, the crowd attached a leading official of the Bishop of Lincoln and murdered him. In a symbolic gesture, his money and clothes were divided among the crowd.
        2. Result:
          1. The army of the king, under leadership of the Duke of Suffolk, was dispatched to Lincoln with the King's response to the revels' demands. Although Suffolk did not arrive until the rebellion was over, the message was unambiguous: there was to be no negotiation; the action that had been taken was treasonable. This was sufficient for the gentry, who decided to sue for pardon and encouraged the common people to disperse. There was great reluctance to follow this advice and there was serious unrest in the area for 12 days. Significantly, on their return to Horncastle, the people who had been involved in the rising placed a banner in the parish church, which demonstrated that they had fought in Christ's name; it proclaimed the five wounds of Christ.