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Everyone forgets that there was several commonly used English language Bibles after Tyndale, but BEFORE the King James Bible was in general use. Right before the KJV was the Geneva Bible.

From Wikipedia:
The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into the English language, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of the 16th century Protestant movement and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress.[1] It was one of the Bibles taken to America on the Mayflower, it was used by many English Dissenters, and it was still respected by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers at the time of the English Civil War.

The KJV was a government publication meant to replace the Geneva Bible because of marginal notes of the Reformers did not support King Jame's view of “divine right of kings”.

Here are some Geneva Bible links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Bible

http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html (go to bottom to see chapters with the notes)

http://www.reformedreader.org/gbn/en.htm (short history)

http://www.reformedreader.org/gbn/igb.htm (long history)

http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?TextID=geneva_bible_selections&PagePosition=47 (Gensis 3:7 - “...they sewed fig leaves together, made themselves breeches”.)

Or more:

Legacy

The legacy of Tyndale’s Bible cannot be overstated. His translations laid the foundations for many of the English Bibles which followed his. His work made up a significant portion of the Matthew Bible which was the first authorized version of the English Bible.[29] The Tyndale Bible also played a key role in spreading reformation ideas to England which had been reluctant to embrace the movement. His works also allowed the people of England direct access to the words and ideas of Martin Luther whose works had been banned by the state. Tyndale achieved this by including many of Luther’s commentaries in his works.[30] The Tyndale Bible’s greatest impact on society today is that it heavily influenced and contributed to the creation of the King James Version, which is one of the most popular and widely used Bibles in the world today. Scholars tell us that around 90% of the King James Version is from Tyndale’s works with as much as one third of the text being word for word Tyndale.[31] Many of the popular phrases and Bible verses that people quote today are mainly in the language of Tyndale. An example of which is Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers.”[32] The importance of the Tyndale Bible in shaping and influencing the English language is paramount. According to one scholar Tyndale is “the man who more than Shakespeare even or Bunyan has moulded and enriched our language.”[33]

Tyndale used thou and never you as the singular second-person pronoun in his work (usage that was later reflected in the very influential King James Version), which had the double effect of rescuing thou from complete obscurity and also imbuing it with an air of religious solemnity that is antithetical to its former sense of familiarity or disrespect.[34][In addition to separating it from the plural use by “ye”.]
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible#Legacy