Lancaster was one of the main centres of royal retribution after the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace. Rebel leaders from Lancashire and the northwest were tried at Lancaster and executed, with some hangings taking place at the castle. The Lancaster executions were part of the broad sweep of punishments Henry VIII decreed, intending to make examples across the north to prevent future rebellion.
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