Diarmaid MacCulloch, Ph.D.: "Thomas Cranmer," Ch. 6: A “Reformed” Church...
197-204. Cranmer, 1537--exuberant over
the Bishops’ Book and vernacular Bible may have led to new initiatives in Kent in
autumn 1537. He remained in Kent from autumn 1537 to March 1538, minus the baptism
of Edward 6 and Jane Seymour’s funeral. He was determined to end recalcitrance in
Kent including Canterbury—issue: holy days. Also, Cranmer asserted himself against
the conservative Kentish gentry, including the Lisles of Calais, Cranmer called
Lady Lisle a “little papish.” In Oct 1537, Cranmer and Cheyney tango, the former
accusing the latter of opposing God’s Word for God’s people. There are a series
of land issues, leases, and the loss of some of ABC’s palaces: he had 4 left—Lambeth,
Croydon, Canterbury and Ford. Cranmer slowly builds evangelical clients and agents
in Canterbury: Thomas Cobham, Thomas Brooke, Sir Edward Rigsley. Christopher Nevinson,
a lawyer out of Cambridge, joined Cranmer but it took a while to get him appropriately
placed and financially settled.
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