[Campion]

Minor quibble:

was hauled back to England and martyred in 1536.

I don't believe this is correct, I believe he was executed in Belgium. The man who "fingered" him to the church court in Belgium an Englishman and agent of King Henry.

Very odd that Tyndale, that hero of the Reformation, would likely never have run afoul of the Church in Belgium but for his opposition to the English Protestant King (thereby -- believe it or not -- siding with the Pope!) on a matter of Catholic doctrine.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Oops, my error. Tyndale was found guilty of heresy by an Anglican Church court, betrayed by an agent of King Henry VIII and executed in the Netherlands--- not for his translation of the Bible, but for teaching Lutheranism.

Sixteenth century history was a big politico-religious tangle with plenty of cruelty on all sides. Documents of the time crackle with malice. Other than Margaret Clitheroe it's hard to think of anybody who seemed to be charity clear through.