Editing William Warham (section)

==Archbishopric==
In 1502, he was consecrated [[Bishop of London]] and became Keeper of the Great Seal, but his tenure of both offices was short, as in 1504, he became [[Lord Chancellor]] and Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1506, he became Chancellor of [[Oxford University]], a role he held until his death. In 1509, he presided over the wedding of and then crowned [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and Catherine of Aragon.

[[File:Canterburycathedralwilliamwarhamtomb.jpg|thumb|left|Warham's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral]]

On 28 September 1511, he made a visit to the hospital at [[Maison Dieu, Faversham]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hasted |first=Edward |year=1798 |title=Parishes |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38238 |journal=Hospitals: Ospringe, A History of the County of Kent |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |volume=2 |pages=222–224|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref>

As archbishop, Warham seems to have been somewhat arbitrary; for example, his actions led to a serious quarrel with Foxe, then [[Bishop of Winchester]], and others in 1512. That made him gradually withdraw into the background after the coronation. He resigned the office of Lord Chancellor in 1515 and was succeeded by [[Thomas Wolsey]], whom he had consecrated as [[bishop of Lincoln]] in the previous year. His resignation was possibly because of his dislike of Henry's foreign policy.

Warham was present at the [[Field of the Cloth of Gold]] in 1520 and assisted Wolsey as assessor during the secret inquiry into the validity of Henry's marriage with Catherine in 1527. Throughout the divorce proceedings, Warham's position was essentially that of an old and weary man. He was named as one of the counsellors to assist the queen, but, fearing to incur the king's displeasure and using his favourite phrase ''ira principis mors est'' ("the king's anger is death"), he gave her very little help and signed the letter to [[Pope Clement VII]] that urged the pope to assent to Henry's wish. Later, it was proposed that the archbishop himself should try the case, but the suggestion came to nothing.

Warham presided over the Convocation of 1531, when the clergy of the Province of Canterbury voted £100,000 to the king to avoid the penalties of [[praemunire]] and accepted Henry as supreme head of the church with the face-saving clause "so far as the [[Law of Christ]] allows".

In Warham's concluding years, however, the archbishop showed rather more independence. In February 1532, he protested against all acts concerning the church passed by the parliament that met in 1529, but that did not prevent the important proceedings which secured the complete submission of the church to the state later in the same year. Against this further compliance with Henry's wishes, Warham drew up a protest in which he likened the action of Henry VIII to that of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] and urged [[Magna Carta]] in defence of the liberties of the church.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle = Warham, William|volume=28 |page= 325}}</ref> He attempted in vain to strike a compromise during the [[Submission of the Clergy]].