Who Wanted to purity the Church of England

Puritans and Separatists

Near the end of the 1500s, a number of groups began to form in England with renewed interest in trying to establish different church practices. One of these groups was called "Puritans" because they wanted to make the existing Anglican church more "pure" and simple.

they were the direct result of some cultural difussion.

sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532.