Cranmer
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
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“It is never going to come to court,” Frank Cranmer a researcher on law and religion at the Cardiff Law School, told me.
The King had his young daughter very magnificently christened by Archbishop Cranmer.
The Childhood of Distinguished Women | Selina A. BowerThe king, though now in opposition to Cranmer, still revered the sincerity that marked his conduct.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeThus perished the illustrious Cranmer, the man whom king Henry's capricious soul esteemed for his virtues above all other men.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeThese godly women (before mentioned) were both of Ipswich, and suffered about the same time with Cranmer.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
After the death of Latimer and Ridley, Cranmer was degraded and deprived.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. | Hartley Withers
British Dictionary definitions for Cranmer
/ (ˈkrænmə) /
Thomas. 1489–1556, the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) and principal author of the Book of Common Prayer. He was burnt as a heretic by Mary I
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