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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