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Born c.1500 • England
Died July 22, 1581 • Ely • England
Role In Reformation
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
John Foxe, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, 1587; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Foxe
English Puritan preacher and author
Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Hugh Latimer
English Protestant
Rogers, John
John Rogers
English religious reformer
John Jewel, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Jewel
English bishop
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Bernard Gilpin
British clergyman
Nicholas Ridley
Nicholas Ridley
English bishop
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Miles Coverdale
bishop of Exeter
Parker, Matthew
Matthew Parker
archbishop of Canterbury
Francis Godwin, detail of an engraving by G. Vertue, derived from an earlier portrait, frontispiece to De Praesulibus Angliae, 1743
Francis Godwin
English bishop and historian
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
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Nicholas Sanders
English scholar
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
queen of England
Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing More in dark robes and a black hat, wearing a gold chain of office, seated against a green and yellow draped background.
Thomas More
English humanist and statesman
William Laud
William Laud
archbishop of Canterbury
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Saint John Fisher
English priest
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Edmund Grindal
archbishop of Canterbury
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Jeremy Collier
English bishop
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William Juxon
archbishop of Canterbury

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