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 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.