Following the collapse of Bigods revolt in early 1537, Pontefract became a centre of royal retribution. Lord Darcy was among those executed, tried for treason and beheaded on Tower Hill but his forfeited lands centred on Pontefract. Local trials and executions of lesser rebels were carried out in and around Pontefract as Henry VIII made an example of the region that had defied him.
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