Papal authority was never required; only the authority of the local ordinary.
Bede is a canonized saint, BTW.
The Church burned the Wycliff Bibles and Wycliff.
Wycliff died from a stroke. He was posthumously condemned for heresy and his body was burned. Wycliff's bibles were burned because they were full of heretical notes.
WHy do they always refer to Bede as “The Venerable” rather than as Saint Bede?