Thomas Cranmer Informative Speech

Good morning! My name is Thomas Cranmer. I was born on July 2nd 1489 to Thomas and Agnes Cranmer in Nottingham, England. I was the 6th of 7 children, having 2 brothers and 4 sisters. It was important to my father for me to be well learned, but he did not want me to grow to be ignorant and "gentlemenless" so my father trained me in hunting, horseback riding and archery . Even at an early age, I was thought to be contemplative and liked my alone time. At the same time, I had a talent for breaking wild horses. At the age of 14 Agnes Cranmer sent me to Jesus College in Cambridge. I was not pleased with the instruction I received. My professor "would skip over chapters that gave him great difficulty" frustrated, I gave myself to the
In short, I said that the in the realm of authority, the Pope has none in this area, and that the king should be able to make such decisions without papal interference. To my surprise, I did not know those words would actually reach Henry VIII. In 1532 I was appointed as a resident ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. I followed Charles through Italy, and saw firsthand the effects of the protestant reformation. You can see the trajectory change in my thoughts as I move towards adopting Lutheran principles by the progress in my personal life. I took a wife named Margaret, which in turn set aside the vow to celibacy I
On May 28, I approved of Henry’s marriage to Boleyn and anointed her queen just days later. When Pope Clement VII learned of this matter, he was furious. Clement provisionally excommunicated Henry and all of his staff, including myself. I went from scholar to reformer in a matter of months. I was not widely accepted among the other bishops in the area. This made doing business exceptionally difficult. I was an exceptional scholar but was not much of a politician . Thomas Cromwell became the King’s personal assistant on ministerial affairs at this