The dissolution and destruction of the monasteries and shrines was very unpopular in many areas . In the north of England , centring on Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , the suppression of the monasteries led to a popular rising , the Pilgrimage of Grace , that threatened the Crown for some weeks . In 1536 there were major , popular uprisings in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and a further rising in Norfolk the following year . Rumours were spread that the King was going to strip the parish churches too , and even tax cattle and sheep . The rebels called for an end to the dissolution of the monasteries , for the removal of Cromwell , and for Henry 's daughter , and eldest child , the Catholic Mary to be named as successor in place of his younger son , Edward . Henry defused the movement with solemn promises , all of which went unkept , and then summarily executed the leaders
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Dissolution of the Monasteries