Henrician

He worked loyally for Edward VI, and Elizabeth for as long as he was allowed to. He was more Henrician than Gardiner,[…].

Their reasons were many, but among them would surely have figured a doubt about the Henrician church, both in its theology and in its changes to the established pattern of clerical life.

The king seals his faith in Cranmer with what is piously not quite an oath (a more Henrician than Protestant one): 'God's blest mother, | I swear he is true-hearted' (154–5).