A. F. Pollard: "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation, 1489-1556," ...


1.     But, by summer 1529, Clement was the handmaid and servant of Charles V claiming, “I will live and die an Imperialist.” Campeggio lollygags and issues a procedural sabotage with Wolsey taking a dive. By Aug 1529, Henry is moving on Parliament as a response to the Clement-Charles V-Campeggio ambush. Henry heads out on progress to the north and west of London. Fox, Gardiner and Cranmer have dinner at the Cressy’s house and, by this crisis and coincidence (from a human angle), Cranmer will get further involved in the matter. By Nov 1529, Cranmer has written a manuscript on the matter for Henry with circulation at OXBRIDGE, suggested tribunals, while Cranmer preps for a run to the Imperial Court and Rome.


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