Robert Aske

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Robert Aske was a 16th-century English lawyer and rebel who led the Catholic uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace against Henry VIII’s religious reforms.

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Robert Aske canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic layman
English lawyer
human
rebel leader
arrestedBy Henry VIII’s government
linked to: Tudor government
burialPlace York
causeOfRebellion defense of traditional Catholic practices
opposition to closure of monasteries
centuryOfBirth 16th century
conflict English Reformation
convictedOf treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1500
dateOfDeath 12 July 1537
detainedAt Tower of London
educatedAt Gray's Inn
era Tudor period
familyName Aske
givenName Robert
historicalPeriod 16th-century England
leaderOf Pilgrimage of Grace
legacy symbol of Catholic resistance to Tudor religious policy
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Gray's Inn
methodOfExecution hanging
monarchDuringActivity Henry VIII
movement Pilgrimage of Grace
nobleFamily Aske family of Yorkshire
notableFor leadership of the Pilgrimage of Grace
opposition to Henry VIII’s religious reforms
occupation lawyer
rebel
opposed Dissolution of the Monasteries
Henrician Reformation
religious policies of Henry VIII
participantIn Pilgrimage of Grace
penalty death
placeOfBirth Yorkshire
placeOfDeath York
placeOfExecution York
positionHeld barrister
regionOfActivity Northern England
Yorkshire
relative Robert Aske of Aughton
religion Roman Catholicism
yearOfDeath 1537

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