Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 1

Year, Monarch and Causes

Answer 1

1536 Henry VIII
Political
Economic
Religious - Main

Question 2

Cause Religion - Main

Answer 2

Arrival of Royal Commissioners to conduct valour Ecclesiasticus
Dissolution of monasteries
Rumours Royal Commissioners would seize religious artefacts
Break with Rome

Question 3

Cause - Economic

Answer 3

Arrival of Royal Commissioners in Lincolnshire to collect taxes
Henrys new powers over sale and inheritance - STATUE OF USES

Question 4

Cause Political

Answer 4

Wanted punishment for those who advocated for break with Rome
- Cromwell

Question 5

Failure - Leadership

Answer 5

Robert Aske believing henrys bluff to halt dissolution until new parliament

Question 6

Failure - Aims

Answer 6

24 mixed aims

Question 7

Failure - Crown and Military Action

Answer 7

• Henry orders rebels to disperse or face royal armu
• Threat of treason charge- dishonour on families - 100 charged 57. executed
• Duke of Norfolk dispatched north with Royal army

Question 8

Extent of Threat

Answer 8

Limited
- Local issue - only seized York
-Not full support of gentry