. Thomas Cranmer and the English reformation . ; and, needless tosay, he awaited that grace in vain. Cranmer was now in a very anomalous was a prisoner in the Tower and a condemnedtraitor; that condemnation deprived him, accordingto the laws as they stood, of his Archbishopric, and inobedience to those laws he now signed himself merelyT. Cranmer.* But by the canon law his ecclesiasticalcharacter remained still intact; he could only be de-prived by spiritual authority after condemnation bya spiritual court for a spiritual offence. Mary, asan orthodox Roman Catholic and devoted Papis
. Thomas Cranmer and the English reformation . ; and, needless tosay, he awaited that grace in vain. Cranmer was now in a very anomalous was a prisoner in the Tower and a condemnedtraitor; that condemnation deprived him, accordingto the laws as they stood, of his Archbishopric, and inobedience to those laws he now signed himself merelyT. Cranmer.* But by the canon law his ecclesiasticalcharacter remained still intact; he could only be de-prived by spiritual authority after condemnation bya spiritual court for a spiritual offence. Mary, asan orthodox Roman Catholic and devoted Papist,wished to have Cranmer deprived by the Popesauthority and burnt as a heretic; but the laws dehcBretico comburendo had not yet been revived northose against the papal jurisdiction abolished. Hence ^ E. g., in his letter to Mrs. Wilkinson, Works^ ii., 445. These legislative changes were not ventured upon until 1554,when Wyatts rebellion had failed, the marriage with Philip hadbeen completed, the Emperors support secured, and the sheriffs (not. 1555] In Time of Trouble 341 Cranmer*s reprieve; meanwhile he was only sequest-ered from his Archbishopric, and it was not tillafter his death that Cardinal Pole stepped intohis place. He was even allowed to walk in theTower gardens, and a greater appearance of clem-ency was shown if, as is said, he received a pardonfor treason/ Had this been true, the boon wouldhave resembled that accorded to Somerset, when hewas acquitted of treason but condemned to deathfor felony; and the mercy extended to Cranmer the constituencies) had been ordered to choose knights, citizens, andburgesses of the wise, grave, and Catholic sort. This curioussituation has created confusion in the minds of historians. Burnetsays Cranmer was still considered archbishop. Wharton {Specimenof Errors) disputed this statement, showing that commissioners wereappointed to exercise the jurisdiction of the see during its vacancy,and that a special register was kept for the perio
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