In the autumn of 1536 a rising broke out in Lincolnshire, and this was hardly quelled when all Yorkshire rose in arms.
From every parish the farmers marched with the parish priest at their head upon York, and the surrender of this city determined the waverers.

In a few days Skipton Castle, where the Earl of Cumberland held out with a handful of men, was the only spot north of the Humber which remained true to the king.

Durham rose at the call of the chiefs of the house of Neville, Lords Westmoreland and Latimer.

Though the Earl of Northumberland feigned sickness, the Percies joined the revolt.

Lord Darcy, the chief of the Yorkshire nobles, surrendered Pomfret, and was acknowledged as their chief by the insurgents.