The city underwent a period of economic decline during Tudor times . Under King Henry VIII , the Dissolution of the Monasteries saw the end of York 's many monastic houses , including several orders of friars , the hospitals of St Nicholas and of St Leonard , the largest such institution in the north of England . This led to the Pilgrimage of Grace , an uprising of northern Catholics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire opposed to religious reform . Henry VIII restored his authority by establishing the Council of the North in York in the dissolved St Mary 's Abbey . The city became a trading and service centre during this period
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
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