Henry VIII: opposition to religious changes

Question 1

Lincolnshire rising

Answer 1

• October 1536
• 50,000 marched to Lincoln led by shoe maker Captain Cobbler
• Rumour of closure or Parish churches and taxation on the public

Question 2

Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 2

• October 1536-1537
• Robert Aske leads peasants protesting against Protestants
• Specifically Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries
• Seized Pontefract- Pontefract Articles
• King agreed but they continued to rebel, Aske and 215 executed

Question 3

Carthusian Monks

Answer 3

Refused to accept divorce, after Treason Act 18 executed

Question 4

John Fisher and Thomas More

Answer 4

Martyrs who refused to sign the Act of Supremacy, Fisher had great reputation with the Pope

Question 5

Elizabeth Barton nun

Answer 5

Visions warned of consequences if king remarried (dead within month). Books published on it, executed 1534

Question 6

Aragonese faction

Answer 6

• Angered by Mary’s exclusion from succession

- Darcy and Hussey supported pilgrimage- arrested and executed for treason