​The Pilgrimage of Grace

Chapter 4 : Lincolnshire Rising

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Plaque on St James Church, Louth, Lincolnshire
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Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (c.1484 - 1545). Brother-in-law of Henry VIII.
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Royal Heralds
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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton (1490 - 1542) © NPG

Nicholas Melton, for one, was not surprised at how events turned out, saying from his prison cell:

"What whoresons we were that we had not killed the gentlemen for I thought allwayes that they would be traytours"