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Bynham, in the county of Somerset, the rectory of Old 
Clyve excepted, to be held by him and the heirs male of 
his own body.” * 
Four years afterwards, the grant was repeated. It also 
is unpublished, but similar in many respects to that pre- 
viously made, and is a long and painfully interesting 
document. It sets forth that the King has granted the 
various estates 
(G.) “in consideratio’e boni, veri, fidelis, & accepta- 
bilis suieij, quod Charissimus consanguineus n’r Rob’tus 
Comes Sussex iamdudum cont? rebelles in partib’ borialib’ 
nob’ impendebat.” f 
“In eonsideration,” that is, “of the good, true, faithful, 
and acceptable service which our dearest cousin Robert 
Earl of Sussex a long time since expended in our behalf 
against the rebels in the northern parts.” 
Reference is here made to the insurrection in the North 
of England, commonly called the “ Pilgrimage of Grace,” 
which commenced in the autumn of 1536, and was not 
suppressed till the spring of the following year. It was 
created by the discontent which naturally prevailed among 
the people at the suppression of so many religious establish- 
ments, and was Joined, among others, by the Archbishop 
of York, and the Lords Lumley, Nevil, Darcey, and 
Latimer. Most of the leaders and hundreds of their fol- 
lowers were executed. On a charge that the monks had 
assisted the agitators, a commission to investigate their 
conduct was appointed under the presideney of this Earl 
of Sussex ; and history has not on record a more contempt- 
ible specimen of. hypocrisy, tyranny, and outrage. It 
* Orig. 29.Hen. VIII. Somers. rot. 28vo. 
+ Orig. 33 Hen. VILI., Somers. rot, 22do. 
