The pilgrims wanted the monasteries not to be destroyed quite rightly as Henry viii was a despotic ruler he had gone from being the protector of the faith until catherine of aragon was unable to have a son & heir he wanted a divorce he accused her of not bei g a virgin as she married his older brother arthur who died rome then gave a dispensation yet 20 years later no son & heir Henry viii wants a divorce rome says No so Henry via cromwell set up the church of England