Claire | October 4, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, Wednesday 4th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the Lincolnshire Rising began in the town of Horncastle. This trouble was the beginning of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion. Let me share what happened in Lincolnshire, which included two murders, what provoked the rebellion and how […]
Claire | October 4, 2016
On this day in 1536, there was trouble in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. This was part of what we know as the Lincolnshire Rising which, in turn, was part of the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion. Read more… On this day in 1556, Sir John Cheke, one-time tutor to Edward VI, Secretary of State for Lady Jane Grey […]
Claire | October 4, 2014
4 October in Tudor history saw two interesting events: trouble in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, in 1536 which led to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, and in 1556 Sir John Cheke, one time tutor to Edward VI, Secretary of State for Lady Jane Grey and the first Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University, making a public […]
Claire | October 4, 2011
On this day in history, Wednesday 4th October 1536, there was trouble in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, part of what we know as the Lincolnshire Rising which, in turn, was part of the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion. Dr Raynes, the chancellor of the Bishop of Lincoln, who was staying nearby at Bolingbroke, after having held a session […]
