PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
\pˈɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ ɒv ɡɹˈe͡ɪs], \pˈɪlɡɹɪmɪdʒ ɒv ɡɹˈeɪs], \p_ˈɪ_l_ɡ_ɹ_ɪ_m_ɪ_dʒ ɒ_v ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_s]\
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A rebellion in the N. of England, 1536; headed by Aske, and caused chiefly by the dissolution of the smaller monasteries. So called because the insurgents bore banners displaying the five wounds of the Saviour. Scroop, Archbishop of York, who joined them, was executed in 1537.
By Henry Percy Smith
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