Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. Cranmer was born at Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were of modest wealth and when they died, Thomas' older brother inherited the estate and Thomas was set on the path for a career in the clergy. He attended a village school before entering Jesus College, Cambridge, at the age of fourteen. He was ordained in 1520. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1532 and served in that post under Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He was a leading reformer, supporting Henry's annulment of his marriage to Anne Boleyn and later authoring the Book of Common Prayer. During the reign of Mary I and the re-establishment of Catholicism, Cranmer was convicted of heresy and treason. He was executed by burning at the stake on 21 March 1556. | |
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