During Sir Francis Bigod's renewal of the Pilgrimage of Grace in January 1537, Bigod's forces briefly captured Malton in the East Riding as part of his coordinated attempt to seize Hull and Scarborough. Malton was a market town on the Derwent controlling the road north from York into the East Riding. Its capture was temporary — when Bigod's attempts on Hull and Scarborough both failed, his wider uprising collapsed and his forces at Malton dispersed. Henry VIII used Bigod's revolt as the pretext to execute the Pilgrimage of Grace leaders who had previously been pardoned.
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