[NorthMountain]

Since the Pope at the time only wanted the Bible in Latin, he authorized the faculty of the English College at Douai to translate it into English, for some odd reason. They published their New Testament translation in 1582 and the Old Testament translation in 1609. All with the Pope's blessing.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think the Old Testament was translated at the same time but they didn’t have the money to publish it until 1609. But it was available in time for the translators of the King James Bible to consult it while they were working on their revision of the Church of England’s translation of the Bible.