After assaults by forces from France and Scotland in the early 16th century , in 1536 Robert Aske unsuccessfully tried to take the castle during the Pilgrimage of Grace , a revolt against the Dissolution of the Monasteries and Henry VIII 's ( reigned 1509 – 1547 ) break with the Roman Catholic Church . Repairs were made in 1537 , and in 1538 some of the lead of the towers was used by the keeper , Sir Ralph Eure ( Evers ) , to make a brewing vessel ; Eure reported that some of the walls had fallen down . In 1557 , forces loyal to Thomas Wyatt the younger , who opposed Mary I ( reigned 1553 – 1558 ) and Catholicism , took the castle by entering disguised as peasants . Their leader , Thomas Stafford , held the castle for three days , and was subsequently executed for high treason on Tower Hill
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Scarborough Castle