Robert Aske

Robert Aske (* 1500 ; † July 12, 1537 ) was an English lawyer .

life and career

Having grown up in York , he soon moved to London, where he worked as a lawyer. He is considered one of the leaders of the Catholic pilgrimage of grace in 1536 against the secession of the English Church from Rome and played a major role in its almost non-violent course. After the pilgrimage leaders were given a temporary pardon, Aske was ordered to see King Henry VIII in London to raise his concerns.

When the rebellion flared up again, Aske was found guilty of high treason on May 17th. Eventually Aske was arrested and taken to the Tower . Without a legal trial he was sentenced to death, transferred to York on June 28 and there hung in chains on July 12, 1537 at the Clifford's Tower of York Castle until he died.

literature

• Richard W. Hoyle: The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s . New edition Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-925906-9 (English).
• Geoffrey Moorhouse: Pilgrimage of Grace. The rebellion that shook Henry VIII's throne . Phoenix Press, London 2003, ISBN 1-84212-666-0 (English).

Web links

Wikisource: Aske, Robert  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Robert Aske in "The Law's Hall of Fame" (English)