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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