Clerical Conference

Bishop Stephen Gardiner of Winchester was famous earlier when he, as assistant to Cranmer, pronounced the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon null and void in May of 1533. As an opponent of those around Edward VI, which would have included Warwick, the Lord Protector who married his son to Lady Jane Grey and then arranged for Jane to become Queen, he was imprisoned for more than 5 years. He was released and restored to his bishop's seat as one of the first acts of Queen Mary I.