This movement was encouraged by the success several years earlier of protests against the Amicable Grant, and earlier in that year a similar movement had broken out in Lincolnshire. Members took an oath written by Robert Aske and wore badges depicting the Five Wounds of Christ. Other leaders had been in touch with the Spani
This movement was encouraged by the success several years earlier of protests against the Amicable Grant, and earlier in that year a similar movement had broken out in Lincolnshire. Members took an oath written by Robert Aske and wore badges depicting the Five Wounds of Christ. Other leaders had been in touch with the Spanish ambassador and had promised aristocratic support. Lord Darcy surrendered Pontefract Castle to them, and the Duke of Norfolk was forced to negotiate after a standoff at Doncaster Bridge, but eventually Norfolk and Thomas Cromwell managed to crush, for 10 points, this revolt of 1536 that rejected the Act of Supremacy and Henry VIII's break with Rome.
This movement was encouraged by the success several years earlier of protests against the Amicable Grant, and earlier in that year a similar movement had broken out in Lincolnshire.
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