Pilgrimage of Grace Timeline

Reign of Henry VIII of England.

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor over Henry VIII of England's plans to remarry.

Henry VIII of England marries his second wife, Anne Boleyn, in secret.

Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury formally annuls Henry VIII of England’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, is crowned Queen of England.

The Act of Supremacy declares Henry VIII of England the head of the Church in England and not the Pope.

Sir Thomas More is executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII of England as the head of the Church in England.

Henry VIII of England and Thomas Cromwell push a bill through Parliament which begins the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales.

The Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular uprising against religious changes made by Henry VIII of England, marches in the north of England.

Henry VIII of England executes 178 of the protestors involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace.