Jervaulx Abbey in Wensleydale was dissolved as a direct punitive consequence of the Pilgrimage of Grace. Abbot Sedbar had participated in the rising. His attainder and execution avoided the need for a formal dissolution procedure — the abbey was simply forfeited to the Crown by treason. Jervaulx was famous for its horses and its Wensleydale cheese tradition. Its dissolution by attainder set a precedent for punitive dissolutions.
Abbot Sedbar executed at Tyburn London
Royal officers; attainder process
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