A second survey carried out by the king 's commissioners , Thomas Legh and Richard Leyton , provided for the final suppression on charges of a lack of quality of religious life . Prior James Cockerell of Guisborough was forced to resign and was replaced by Robert Pursglove , who was loyal to the king . The priory 's dissolution was not welcomed by locals , who derived economic benefit from its presence – in 1536 , around 500 families depended on it for their livelihood . The strength of feeling was recorded in a letter from Lord Conyers and Sir John Bulmer to Thomas Cromwell : " On Sunday , 11th July 1539 , at Gysburn in Yorkshire , when the parish priest was declaring the articles of dissolution directed by the King to the Archbishop of York , one John Atkeynson '' alias '' Brotton came violently and took book forth of the priest 's hands , and pulled it in pieces . " Popular discontent sparked the Pilgrimage of Grace , in which Prior Cockerell was implicated . When the revolt failed , he was hanged at Tyburn with the Prior of Bridlington , the Abbot of Jervaulx and the former Abbot of Fountains
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Gisborough Priory