BattlefieldsPilgrimage of Grace — Louth Rising Origin October 1536
Tudor

Pilgrimage of Grace — Louth Rising Origin October 1536

1536
Lincolnshire, England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Lincolnshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
none
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Louth commons c.hundreds growing to thousands
Outcome
Rising spread to whole of Lincolnshire and then Yorkshire; direct origin of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Pilgrimage of Grace began at Louth in Lincolnshire when the townspeople rose against royal commissioners arriving to audit the church. The vicar Nicholas Melton led the bell-ringing muster that gathered the surrounding countryside; within days the rising had spread across Lincolnshire.

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