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A historical charity is searching for descendants of rioters involved in the storming of an abbey 500 years ago. More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with ...
A historical charity is searching for descendants of rioters involved in the storming of an abbey 500 years ago.
More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.
A historical charity is searching for descendants of rioters involved in the storming of an abbey 500 years ago.
A historical charity is searching for descendants of rioters involved in the storming of an abbey 500 years ago.
In 1525, the forced closure of Bayham Abbey by Cardinal Wolsey ignited a riot so fierce it alarmed the king’s court – a forgotten prelude to the storm that would soon engulf English monastic ...
The closure and protest is historically significant as it is regarded as a precursor to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace – the rebellion against the religious ...
Charity searches for descendants of rioters involved in 1525 uprising More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as ...
Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent (English Heritage/PA) A historical charity is searching for descendants of rioters involved in the storming of an abbey 500 years ago. More than 100 men ...
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