BattlefieldsPilgrimage of Grace — Caistor and March to Lincoln 1536
Tudor

Pilgrimage of Grace — Caistor and March to Lincoln 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
Crown forces
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
c.2,000-3,000 Lincolnshire commons
Outcome
Caistor commons joined Lincolnshire rising; marched on Lincoln; merged with other contingents; rising subsequently suppressed after Lincoln
The Battle

History & Significance

Caistor in north Lincolnshire was the second town to rise in October 1536 after Louth, with commons seizing the town muster and turning it into a rebel assembly. The Caistor host then marched south toward Lincoln, joining with rising contingents from the surrounding countryside. The Caistor march to Lincoln was one of the main streams of the Lincolnshire rising that merged at Lincoln to form the body confronting Suffolk.

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