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Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-7
- Great Chain
of Being
- Upset about the changes
to the natural heirarchy
- Did not want the
blurring of social lines
- Eg gentry becoming priests
- Eg gentry becoming priests
- Upset about the changes
to the natural heirarchy
- Religious changes
- Rebels wanted
monasteries restored
- Aske said it was the "greatest
cause" of the rebellion
- 11/24 of the Pontefract
Articles related to religion
- Pilgrims only aimed to
restore 16/55 dissolved
houses in the North
- Aske made the rebellion a Pilgrimage
- Made rebels take
the Pilgrims Oath
- Pilgrims wore a badge with
the Five Wounds of Christ on
- Made rebels take
the Pilgrims Oath
- C.S.L. Davies argues religious factors
"served to give the movement cohesion"
and "bind together different classes" and
"legitimating resistance to the King"
- Guy argues that true religion was
the "most important rebel platform"
- Rebels wanted
monasteries restored
- Taxation
- The Act of First Fruits
and Tenths (1554) meant
Henry took a much larger
amount of clerical wealth
than the Pope ever had
- Rebels particularly opposed
Cromwell's policies of taking
tax during peacetime in the
1534 Subsidy Act
- Gentry opposed the Statute of Uses
- The Act of First Fruits
and Tenths (1554) meant
Henry took a much larger
amount of clerical wealth
than the Pope ever had
- Food shortages
and agrarian issues
- High food prices
because of a
disastrous
harvests in 1535
and 1536
- Other agricultural
issues were present
- Eg renewal of tenancies,
border tenures, enclosures
and rack-renting
- Eg renewal of tenancies,
border tenures, enclosures
and rack-renting
- High food prices
because of a
disastrous
harvests in 1535
and 1536
- Aristocratic
feud
- Elton argues the uprising was an
orchestrated attempt by
disaffected nobility to increase
their power and influence at court
- The northern noblemen
were angry at the
positions of Cromwell
because of his lowly status
- Key roles played
by Lord Hussey
and Lord Darcy
- Hussey was a
member of the
Aragonese faction
- Hussey was a
member of the
Aragonese faction
- When the Pontefract Articles were drawn
up, the gentry had to explain to the
commons what the Statute of Uses was
- Elton argues the uprising was an
orchestrated attempt by
disaffected nobility to increase
their power and influence at court
- Opposition to
Cromwell's policies
- 3/24 Pontefract
Articles opposed
Cromwell and Riche
- Cromwell and Riche were
specifically named as heretics
in the Pontefract Articles
- 3/24 Pontefract
Articles opposed
Cromwell and Riche
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