Explains the Religious, Economic and Political causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace in clear distinct sections
States the main events of the Lincolnshire rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace
Table of the extent of threat that the Pilgrimage of Grace posed
1-11th october 1536- Lincolnshire Rising
8th October- 8th December 1536- The Pilgrimage of Grace
16th January - 10th February 1537 Sir Francis Bigod & Cumberland Rising
Religious Cromwells commissioners were dissolving smaller monasteries after the 1536 act of parliament
Causes allowed the dissolution of monastic houses with an income of £200 or less.
- These provided education, shelter, employment and poor relief.
Only attempted to restore 16 out of 55 monasteries - NOT MAIN CAUSE??
Rumors that commissioners were going to take church gold, jewels and plates
General fear of religious change
Movement adopted religious imagery, oaths and songs
Wanted heresy rooted out
End to the draining of the church's wealth
Wanted Mary I reinstated as a legitimate heir to the throne
Bishop Longland of lincoln was enforcing Ten articles Act
Economic Royal commissioners were assessing and collecting 1534 subsidy act
Causes
Opposition to Statute of Uses- feudal tax on aristocratic inherited land
Rumors that tax would be imposed on horned cattle, marriages, baptisms and burials
Rumors that eating food like white bread and goose would require payment to king
Fears of clergy as tithes were placed by fixed salaries
Bad harvests in 1535 and 1536 created tensions
Fear of crown as a replacement landlord
Agricultural Issues such as entry fines, border tenures, rack-renting and enclosure
Political Tension arose in September 1536 when government commissioners were sent to the county of
Causes lincolnshire
Standard dislike of Thomas Cromwell
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