1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASKE, ROBERT (d. 1537), English rebel, was a country gentleman who belonged to an ancient family long settled in Yorkshire, his mother being a daughter of John, Lord Clifford. When in 1536 the insurrection called the " Pilgrimage of Grace " broke out in Yorkshire, Aske was made leader; and marching with the banner of St Cuthbert and with the badge of the " five wounds," he occupied York on the i6th of October and on the zoth captured Pontefract Castle, with Lord Darcy and the archbishop of York, who took the oath o…
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