Archbishop of Canterbury and first spiritual head of the Anglican Church. He supported King Henry VIII in his break with Rome. On Henry's death he tried to prevent the accession to the throne of Henry's Catholic daughter Mary, which led to his burning at the stake.
| 1437–1492 | Elizabeth Woodville |
| 1475–1530 | Thomas Wolsey |
| ?–1536 | William Tyndale |
| 1508–1568 | William Turner |
| 1517–1547 | Henry Surrey |
| 1475–1535 | Lambert Simnel |
| 1500–1555 | Nicholas Ridley |
| 1552–1618 | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1512–1548 | Catherine Parr |
| 1504–1575 | Matthew Parker |
| 1478–1535 | Sir Thomas More |
| 1516–1558 | Mary I, Tudor |
| 1550–1603 | William Kempe |
| 1554–1600 | Richard Hooker |
| 1544–1631 | Thomas Hobson |
| 1491–1547 | Henry VIII |
| 1552–1616 | Richard Hakluyt |
| 1490–1546 | Sir Thomas Elyot |
| 1533–1603 | Elizabeth I |
| 1540–1596 | Sir Francis Drake |
| 1485–1540 | Thomas Cromwell |
| 1540–1581 | St. Edmund Campion |
| 1550–1633 | Robert Browne |
| 1545–1626 | Nicholas Breton |
| 1545–1613 | Sir Thomas Bodley |
| 1506–1534 | Elizabeth Barton |
| 1555–1626 | Lancelot Andrewes |
