The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008
William Tyndale , c.1494-1536, English biblical translator (see Bible ) and Protestant martyr. He was probably ordained shortly before entering (c.1521) the household of Sir John Walsh of Gloucestershire as chaplain and tutor. His sympathy with the new learning led to disputes with the clergy, and he moved to London, determined to translate the New Testament into English. Finding that publication could not be accomplished in England, Tyndale went to Hamburg in 1524, visited Martin Luther in Wittenberg, and at Cologne began (1525) the printing of the New Testament. Interrupted by an injunction, he had the edition completed at Worms. When copies entered England, they were denounced by the bishops and suppressed (1526); Cardinal Wolsey ordered Tyndale seized at Worms. Living in concealment, Tyndale pursued his translation, issuing the Pentateuch (1530) and the Book of Jonah (1536). His work was later the basis of the King James Version of the Bible. His tracts in defense of the principles of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) and The Parable of the Wicked Mammon (1528), were denounced by Sir Thomas More.
Wolsey had no authority at Worms, and was safely dead before Tyndale was seized. Remember that Tyndale was captured by an agent of Henry in Belgium, not Worms. Thomas More was also safely dead before Tyndale was seized - killed by Tudor for angering him by attacking his personal life. I would argue that most modern day Americans have no idea of the anger that 16th century monarchs had towards any criticism of their personal lives, and the number of people that were killed in Europe in retribution for real or imagined insults to the monarch.