The ReformationView series

Thomas Cranmer

By Revd Roger Beckwith  |  1996 Autumn Lectures

In this lecture Roger Beckwith looks at Thomas Cranmer’s life, character, his place in history and his achievment. Born in 1489, Cranmer went on to be the Archbishop of Canterbury and so had “unique opportunities to advance the cause of reform in the English church”, his greatest legacy being the Book of Common Prayer.