1537 Bidgods rebellion

1537 March.Thomas Moigne, Member of Parliament for Lincoln was hanged, drawn and quartered. Lords Thomas Darcy (1st Baron Darcy de Darcy) and John Hussey (1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford) were both beheaded whilst Sir Robert Constable and Sir Francis Bigod were both hanged at Tyburn.Robert Aske was also hanged in chains from the walls of York Castle as a warning to other would-be 'rebels'.In all,  216 were put to death; lords and knights,half a dozen abbots,38 monks,and 16 parish priests,including: Sir Thomas Percy,Sir Stephen Hamerton, Sir William Lumley,Sir John Constable,Sir William Constable, Adam Sedbar,Abbot of Jervaulx,William Trafford,Abbot of Sawley,Matthew Mackarel, Abbot of Barlings and Bishop of Chalcedon,William Thirsk,Abbot of Fountains and the Prior of Bridlington were all execu- ted and hanged at Tyburn between June / July 1537.Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland Sir Nicholas Tempast was hanged at Tyburn Sir John Bulmer and his wife Margaret Stafford were also executed,Sir John by being hanged, drawn and quartered whilst his wife was burnt at the stake in Smithfield,London.