Rev. John Strype: "Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas ...

1.     1553. CHAPTER V. Archbishop Cranmer was attainted for attainted of treason—stained, sullied, befouled. The Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Wotton, fills the Archbishop’s vacancy. The Archbishop sues for pardon of treason, notably, after all the other co-signatories to the “Device” were pardoned. He obtains the pardon for the attainder. Rather than be charged with a political crime, he prefers to address the theological issues and reform. On those grounds, he was willing to speak to any and all. He desires to an open communication with Queen Mary 1 concerning Reformed theology but also the reasons behind Henrician and Edwardian reforms, matters that had been “studiously” concealed from her (62-69).