When the rebellion in the north broke out in October 1536 , Shrewsbury promptly raised forces on his own authority , and ' his courage and fidelity on this occasion perhaps saved Henry 's crown . ' The Earl , John Russell , Sir William Parr ( uncle of Queen consort Catherine Parr ) , William Gonson , Sir Francis Bryan and Admiral Sir William FitzWilliam , who were royalists , mustered the 1,000 troops from Gloucester who lived at Stony Stratford who were present against the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace at Ampthill , Bedfordshire . It was Thomas Howard , 3rd Duke of Norfolk , and the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury , who opened negotiations with the insurgents at Doncaster , where Robert Aske had assembled between thirty and forty thousand men . An armistice was then agreed upon , and the insurgents laid their demands before the King
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury