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the causes of the pilgrimage of grace (political causes (some members of…
the causes of the pilgrimage of grace
social and economic factors
thehe nobility of the North was concerned about the new status of taxes.
bad harvest in 1530s it threatened thousands of people in rural areas in the north
government continued to raise taxes after the 1534 subsidy
poor peasants and agriculture workers where who suffered the most from the economic hardship and is one of the reason why the joined the pilgrimage
entry fines by landlords caused people to get upset and some land lords had also been enclosing their lands which meant some famers had to move off their lands by their landlords this was only in areas such as york
political causes
some members of the northern nobility and gentry did become involved in the revolts of 1536 such as sir Thomas Percy the brother of the earl of Northumberland and lord Darcy
the involvement in the rebellion of the powerful northern nobility suggest that the pilgrimage was actually the result of a court based plot by the conservative faction who's aims where to restore princess Mary to the royal succession and to remove Cromwell
the earl of Northumberland himself did not actively support the rebels but equally did nothing to stop them and surrendered wrestle castle to the rebels
Northumberland had been in contact with the imperial ambassador Eustace chapuys who had closely connected to the conservative faction at court
Northumberland brother sir Thomas marched with 5000 men to York
the support of Darcy and Hussey foe the rebellion can also be explained by their links to the court Hussey was princess Marys Chamberlin and he and his coin Darcy spoke to chapuys in 1534 about an armed rebellion Hussey himself had catholic beliefs although later claimed he had nothing to do with the rebellion his connections to other men who did the revolt were enough for elected treason
the catholic sympathies of these northern nobility and gentry help to explain help to explain some on the articles such as 1534 act of supremacy and the removal of Cromwell and Richard rich
the inclement of some members of the gentry and nobility in the rebellion can be explained by their desire to try and moderate the rebellion from within because it was to large to control by the use of armed force against it additional Michale bush has shown most of the impetus for the rebellion came from below with the commons thus reflecting a wide range of concerns from different social groups
another explanation for the involvement of members of the landed nobility and gentry can also be found in the act of uses which had been passed in 1535 this was an attempt by Henry and Cromwell to prevent landowners avoiding the financial demands made by the king as their fuel overlord the act of uses restricted these enefeoffments in the attempt to raise more money for the crown and was resented by landowners
religious causes
the dissolution of the monasteries and the activities of government officials in the localities was the spark for the first rebellion which happened on 2-3 of October in Lincolnshire
the was a wide discontent for henrys religious policies which was the hands of reforms such as Cromwell and cranmore
Cromwells attacks on traditional practices such as pilgrimages and worship of the saints threatened centuries of belief many beloved that following the teachings of the Catholic Church would better prepare their should after death the reforms attempts to alter practices which might affect what happened to a suns caused both fear and anger
the name pillgramege of grace suggests a religious motivation the rebels were modelling themselves on the traditional right of catholic peaceful pilgrimage this was reinforced with the oath which the pilgrims had to take the rebels also carried a banner which shows five wounds the christ received during his cruxifixction by marching under the banner the rebels were making it clear that they thought they were rebelling in gods name
in addition the trigger for many of the local rising was the closer of the smaller monasteries in the region the rebels list of demands also had a clear focus on religion in one set of demands articles 9 out of 24 of their grievances were religious