BattlefieldsPilgrimage of Grace — Lincolnshire rebels join Yorkshire 1536
Tudor

Pilgrimage of Grace — Lincolnshire rebels join Yorkshire 1536

1536
Lincolnshire, England
Also known as: Lincolnshire rebellion joins Pilgrimage
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Lincolnshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Crown (dissolution programme)
Forces
Crown authority c.200–400
VS
Victor
Pilgrimage of Grace
Forces
Combined rebels c.50,000–60,000
Outcome
Lincolnshire rebels absorbed into the broader Yorkshire Pilgrimage of Grace; combined force estimated at 40,000 men
The Battle

History & Significance

The merger of the Lincolnshire Rising with the Yorkshire Pilgrimage of Grace created the largest rebel force in Tudor history. With an estimated 40,000 men assembled, the Pilgrimage briefly seemed capable of reversing Henry VIII's Reformation. The sheer scale of the movement — spanning from Cumberland to Lincolnshire — demonstrated how deeply the dissolution of the monasteries and religious reform had disturbed northern English society.

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