The Pilgrimage of Grace was a more serious matter . The revolt began in October at Yorkshire and spread to the other northern counties . Around 50,000 strong , the rebels under Robert Aske 's leadership restored 16 of the 26 northern monasteries that had been dissolved . Due to the size of the rebellion , the King was persuaded to negotiate . In December , the Duke of Norfolk offered the rebels a pardon and a parliament to consider their grievances . Aske then sent the rebels home . The promises made to them , however , were ignored by the King , and Norfolk was instructed to put the rebellion down . Forty-seven of the Lincolnshire rebels were executed , and 132 from the Pilgrimage of Grace . In Southern England , smaller disturbances took place in Cornwall and Walsingham in 1537
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
English Reformation