Despite his failed attempts at achieving personal gain from the household of the Duke , Sir William made up for it during the Pilgrimage of Grace during 1536 . William showed impeccable loyalty to the Crown during the rebellion . He had been in Lincolnshire along with the Duke of Suffolk and supervised the executions at Louth and Horncastle . William tried to ingratiate himself with the Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Cromwell . Parr 's presence at the execution in Hull of Sir Robert Constable prompted Cromwell to share in confidence a correspondence in which he received from the Duke of Norfolk on William 's " goodness " which " never proved the like in any friend before . " Parr was a strong supporter of the new religion under Henry VIII and he became Thomas Cromwell 's chief agent for the dissolution of the monasteries in Northamptonshire
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton