Sawley Abbey was dissolved in May 1536. During the Pilgrimage of Grace the rebels reinstated the monks as a statement of defiance. Henry VIII wrote furiously demanding Sawley be dissolved again and the monks responsible hanged. It became a test case for the principle that religious houses could not be restored by mob action. The abbot was subsequently executed.
Abbot and several monks executed
Rebel commons; royal dissolution commission
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