Successes and Failures
The Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace have traditionally been seen as complete failures. They did, however, achieve several results that suggest otherwise.
Contrary to popular myth, there were some partial successes because of the rebellions:
- The government postponed the collection of the October subsidy. This had been a major grievance amongst the Lincolnshire organisations.
- The Statute of Uses was negated by a new law, the Statute of Wills.
- Four of the seven sacraments that were omitted from the Ten Articles were restored in the Bishop's Book of 1537. This marked the end of the drift of official doctrine towards Protestantism. The Bishop's Book was followed by the Six Articles of 1539.
- An onslaught upon heresy was promised in a royal proclamation in 1538.
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