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- - - - religious changes
      - economic grievances
    - - dissolution of the monasteries - by early autumn of 1536 the work of dissolving the smaller monasteries was well under way - the effects of this included the loss of charitable and educational functions, the loss of parish churches, fear that the north would be impoverished by monastic land falling into the hands of the south, the usefulness of facilities and services
      - the importance of the monasteries can be seen to the rebels in their attempts to restore some of the houses - the rebel leader Robert Asked was a convinced supporter of the monasteries
      - there was a fear for Parish churches and traditional religious practices - the 1536 Injunctions drawn up by Cromwell were seen as attacking religious practices - the celebration of locally important saints had been discouraged, pilgrimage was discouraged, there were rumours that church plate and jewels would be confiscated
    - - ordinary rebels were generally more motivated by economic grievances including resentment of taxation
      - the crowns attempts to impose the Duke of Suffolk upon Lincolnshire as a great magnate initially sparked a rebellion in Lincolnshire
      - Geoffrey Elton argued that the rebellions of 1536 were brought about primarily by a courtly conspiracy prompted by councillors who had been supporters of Catherine of Aragon - their main motive was the restoration of Princess Mary as heir
    - - gave the most comprehensive set of rebel demands and incorporated a range of grievances some of which were very widespread and some very specific to certain areas. they express religious greivances and also economic and political
    - - used to symbolise the rebels religious motives