 1540 was to be a year of triumphs and tears for the Cromwell family.In January, Elizabeth was appointed to the household of the new Queen, Anne of Cleves.In March, during a virtual witch-hunt against 'heretical' preachers by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, Gregory Cromwell requested Henry Dowes to write a letter detailing the recantation of William Jerome, Vicar of Stepney.