An attorney from the northern city of York, Robert Aske became the leader of the “Pilgrims of Grace,” a revolt of commoners against the destructive severity of the Reformation. Skilled in politics, he was initially granted an audience with the King and pardoned, but after the breakout of more fighting, he was seized and condemned to death.
Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
Robert Aske
(Gerard McSorley)
An attorney from the northern city of York, Robert Aske became the leader of the “Pilgrims of Grace,” a revolt of commoners against the destructive severity of the Reformation. Skilled in politics, he was initially granted an audience with the King and pardoned, but after the breakout of more fighting, he was seized and condemned to death.
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