Thomas Cranmer
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Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury (starting in 1533) under King Henry VIII. He was a leader of the Reformation in England and oversaw the creation of the Anglican Church's Book of Common Prayer.
He was charged with treason and sedition when Lady Jane Grey was overthrown; Cranmer had approved her appointment as queen. He was burnt to death in 1556. He is a saint in the Anglican Church.