John Foxe , William Tyndale and Robert Barnes viewed John as an early Protestant hero , and Foxe included the king in his Book of Martyrs .
John 's opposition to the papacy and his promotion of royal rights and prerogatives won favour from 16th - century Tudors .
John Foxe , William Tyndale and Robert Barnes viewed John as an early Protestant hero , and Foxe included the king in John 's Book of Martyrs .
John 's opposition to the papacy and his promotion of royal rights and prerogatives won favour from 16th - century Tudors .