Call to Reform Friars

Title: Call to Reform Friars
Description: A letter from Robert Ward, addressed to Thomas Cromwell. His letter is a good example of how some evangelicals viewed monks, friars and particularly ordinary people as superstitious and easily fooled by unlearned friars.
Creator: Ward, Robert
Source: Extract from letter from Robert Ward to Thomas Cromwell, 1535. The National Archives. Accessed April 9, 2026. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-english-reformation-c1527-1590/call-to-reform-friars/; Permalink
Publisher: MacEwan University Library
Date: 1535
Rights: The National Archives Terms & Conditions; Open Government Licence v3.0
Format: JPEG; 493 x 800 pixels
Language: eng
Type: Still image
Identifier: SP1/92, f.107r-107v
Contributor: The National Archives
Subject: dissolution of the monasteries; friaries; Henry VIII; History; Reformation; Thomas Cromwell; Church of England; Religious history