XXXVI. An Account of the Insurrection in the County of York, in 1536. Communicated by Edmund Lodge, Esq., F.A.S. Lancaster Herald

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The following paper is transcribed from the original in the library of this College. It relates to the Yorkshire Insurrection in 1536, which obtained the appellation of “The Pilgrimage of Grace,” and which is rendered peculiarly memoráble by an instance of clemency, very rare indeed in the reign in which it occurred, for Henry the Eighth pardoned the malecontents without a single exception. Our histories afford general information enough on the subject to make any comments on the matter of this paper unnecessary here, at the same time they present us with so few distant facts, that any new accession of intelligence seems to be highly desirable. Impressed with that opinion, I take the liberty of requesting you to offer it to the notice of the Society of Antiquaries; and remain,