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Henry VIII — Amicable Grant Resistance at Bury St Edmunds 1525

1525
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Henry VIII / Royal commissioners
Forces
ducal commissioners
VS
Victor
Suffolk commons
Forces
Suffolk commons of several thousand
Outcome
Grant abandoned; commons dispersed; no prosecutions; Wolsey bore the political blame.
The Battle

History & Significance

Resistance to the Amicable Grant centred on Bury St Edmunds as well as Lavenham. The dukes confronted assembled commons who refused point blank to pay; threats of arrest only widened the resistance. The episode preceded the abandonment of the grant.

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Scheduled Monuments near Henry VIII — Amicable Grant Resistance at Bury St Edmunds 1525

St Saviour's Hospital
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Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
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The Chapel of the Charnel
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Babwell Friary (remains of)
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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