12 September 1555 – Archbishop Thomas Cranmer on Trial

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception


On 12th September 1555, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer’s trial opened at the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford. Cranmer was charged with repudiating papal authority and denying transubstantiation.

Read the details of his trial, and the subsequent proceedings, in article The Trial of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.