He was responsible for the Book of Homilies, a set of 42 articles, and drawing up the Book of Common Prayer.
Along with men like Thomas Bilney and Robert Barnes he was dubbed a "little German," but a chance encounter at his father's house at Waltham catapulted him out of academic obscurity. He resided at Durham Palace for a while and was named deacon of Taunton, but when Stephen Gardiner fell out of favor he was tapped for the position that made him famous. He was responsible for the Book of Homilies, a set of 42 articles, and drawing up the Book of Common Prayer. FTP identify this first protestant archbishop of Canterbury who was burned at the stake in 1556.
Along with men like Thomas Bilney and Robert Barnes he was dubbed a "little German," but a chance encounter at his father's house at Waltham catapulted him out of academic obscurity.
Thomas Cranmer