The Marian government, immediately after Cranmer’s death,…
April 1556 CE
The Marian government, immediately after Cranmer’s death, produces a pamphlet with all six recantations plus the text of the speech he was to have made in the University Church.
No mention is made that he had withdrawn his recantations, but what had actually occurred becomes common knowledge and the account of the event ceases to be effective propaganda.
Similarly on the Protestant side, there is difficulty making use of the event given his recantations.
The exiles' propaganda concentrates on publishing various specimens of his writings.
Hs story will be effectively put to use in 1559 in John Foxe's book Acts and Monuments.