According to Hicks , as an ardent Protestant Bigod initially opposed the Pilgrimage of Grace , a Catholic rising in 1536 . He fled by sea from Mulgrave Castle , but his ship was forced to land at Hartlepool , where he narrowly escaped lynching by the commons . He returned to Mulgrave , was captured , and for a time participated reluctantly in the rising
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Francis Bigod