[A.D. 1535-1539.] EDWARD FOX, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, Almoner to Henry VIII., by whom he was employed on various embassies. It was Fox who first introduced Cranmer to the King, and Fuller calls him “the principal pillar of the Reformation, as to the management of the politic and prudential part thereof, being of more activity, and no less ability, than Cranmer himself[55].” He had been the first to instigate Wolsey, as papal legate, to commence a visitation of the professed as well as secular clergy, in 1523, in consequence of the general complaint against their manners. Bishop Fox died in London in 1538, and was interred in the church of St. Mary Monthalt. [A.D. 1539-1552.] JOHN SKIP. On Fox’s death, Edmund Bonner was elected Bishop of Hereford, but before his consecration to that see he was removed to London. Bishop Skip had been Archdeacon of Dorset. He was one of the “notable learned men” associated with Cranmer in drawing up the “Order of Communion,” (1548,) and was probably one of those who assisted in compiling the first Common Prayer-book of Edward VI.[56] [A.D. 1553-1554.] JOHN HARLEY, was compelled to resign on the accession of Mary because he was a “married priest,” and died a few months afterwards. [A.D. 1554-1558.] ROBERT PARFEW, or WHARTON, was translated from St. Asaph. [A.D. 1559-1585.] JOHN SCORY, translated from Chichester. As Bishop of Hereford, Bishop Scory alienated many of the best manors belonging to the see, but it is very doubtful whether it was in his power to resist effectually the rapacity of the courtiers. It has been proved (see EXETER CATHEDRAL, Pt. II.--Bishop Veysey) that in many cases the bishops of this period have been blamed for alienations which they had done their best to resist. [A.D. 1586-1602.] HERBERT WESTFALING, Prebendary of Christ Church, Oxford. Godwin, who knew him intimately, describes him as a bishop of unusual excellence, of great purity of life, of great honesty and integrity, and of such serious gravity that he was hardly ever seen to smile. Sir John Harrington relates, that while Bishop Westfaling was preaching in his cathedral, a mass of frozen snow fell from the tower upon the roof, and so frightened the congregation that they endeavoured to escape in all haste. But the Bishop remained unmoved in his pulpit, calmly exhorting them to sit still and fear no harm. All the revenues of his see were expended in works of piety and hospitality by Bishop Westfaling, who left nothing but his private inheritance to his family. He was buried in the north transept, where his effigy remains. (Pt. I. § 12.)