The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1537, and the Exeter Conspiracy, 1538, Volume 1 (of 2)Dodds, Madeleine Hope
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The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1537, and the Exeter Conspiracy, 1538, Volume 1 (of 2)
Dodds, Madeleine Hope
Exeter, Henry Courtenay, Marquis of, 1496?-1538; Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547; Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1537
The Ten Articles received the assent of the southern, but not of the
northern convocation, although they were signed by the Archbishop of
York and the Bishop of Durham[37]. They were supplemented in July by an
order of the Supreme Head and Convocation that no holy days should be
observed in harvest time, 1 July–29 September, except the feasts of the
Apostles, the Virgin Mary, and St George; or in the law terms, except
Ascension Day, the Nativity of St John the Baptist, All Hallows and
Candlemas; all feasts of the Dedication should be observed on the first
Sunday in October, and no “church holidays,” which were the feasts of
the patron saints of churches, should be observed unless they fell on an
authorised holy day[38].
In the same month these new regulations were enforced by the first Royal
Injunctions of Henry VIII[39]. The publication of these injunctions “was
the first act of pure supremacy done by the King, for in all that had
gone before he had acted with the concurrence of Convocation.”[40] The
Ten Articles were a compromise between the Old and the New Learning, but
the Injunctions, which were issued in Cromwell’s name, went further in
the way of innovations. The clergy were ordered to preach every Sunday
for the next quarter, and afterwards twice a quarter, on the subject of
the King’s Supremacy, setting forth the abolition of the Bishop of
Rome’s pretended authority. They were also to expound and enforce the
Ten Articles and to declare the new order for holy days. They were to
discourage superstitious ceremonies, and to exhort all men to “apply
themselves to the keeping of God’s commandments and fulfilling of His
works of charity, rather than to make pilgrimages or bestow money on
saints and relics.” In this the Injunctions went further than the
Articles, in which pilgrimages were not mentioned. Another innovation
was the order that all servants and young people must be taught the
Lord’s Prayer, the Creed and the Ten Commandments in English. The
remaining injunctions directed the clergy to study, give alms, lead
sober lives, etc.
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