In September 1536 he had a grant of £ 1,000 to come to London to make arrangements about his lands . The matter was incomplete when the Pilgrimage of Grace broke out . Northumberland 's brothers and mother were open sympathisers with the rebels , but the Earl himself remained loyal . The rebel leader Robert Aske and his men came to Wressle Castle , where he was ill in bed , and asked Percy to resign his commands of the marches into the hands of his brothers , or at least go over to the rebels . He refused both requests ; and when the lawyer William Stapleton went up to see him , he was in despair . Aske sent him to York , to protect him from his followers , who wanted to behead him
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland