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Why did Thomas Cranmer lose his fellowship at Jesus College in Cambridge?
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Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer, detail of an oil painting by Gerlach Flicke, 1545; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Cranmer was compelled to vacate his fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge, because he married a relative of the landlady of the Dolphin Inn. At that time, holding a fellowship typically required celibacy. However, following the death of his wife during childbirth shortly after their marriage, the college restored his fellowship.1