The North Riding dales rose enthusiastically for the Pilgrimage. Wensleydale, with its chain of monastic granges and strong religious conservatism, provided large numbers. The lead-mining communities of Swaledale and Nidderdale — economically dependent on monastic land and suspicious of evangelical changes to their parish churches — were among the most committed. The dales' contribution gave the Pilgrim host its military mass and made it impossible for the Crown to dismiss the rising as a mere urban disturbance.
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