Oxford History of Anglicanism, Vol.1: Reformation, (#18): Ethan Shagan: ...

In terms of the early English Reformers, including Tyndale and Cranmer, what was the outlook looking forward in Henry's England? What could they prognosticate? Where could they operate? What does Dr. Cranmer know of Tyndale and what does he think of Wycliffism? When does Dr. Cranmer become aware of the extensive existence of Anglo-Saxon Bibles before the Latinist hegemony? What forces were arrayed before Lutheranizing Reformers in the 1530s or a Reformed Reformed like John Frith? None of these men were inspired prophets. They had to face the unknown as must we, trusting in divine providence and God's promises. How deep was the antagonism towards Romish jurisdiction, e.g. Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, though a devout doctrinal Romanist... he wanted Rome's jurisdictional wings clipped. Steve Gardiner of Winchester was onboard with royal supremacy while retaining his doctrinal Romanism as a canonist lawyer. ("That ignorant lawyer" Dr. Cranmer would impute to Gardiner in 1550.) How far and what Romish English bishops followed Longland, Winchester and Stokesley? It's more than just Henry's matrimonial conquests that are varied forces in these times.