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Robert Aske
English insurgent
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role in Pilgrimage of Grace
- In Pilgrimage of Grace
…begun in Yorkshire, led by Robert Aske, a country gentleman and lawyer. Aske took York and by October 24 was supported by about 30,000 armed men and by magnates such as Edward Lee, archbishop of York, and Thomas Darcy, Baron Darcy of Templehurst. The government had insufficient troops in the…
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