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| Keywords: portrait 16th century 16thcentury tudors nobility english united englishunited kingdom britain Portrait of Bishop John Fisher. Oil on paper, silhouetted, 21 × 19.1 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Fisher (c.1469–1535) became Bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1507. In April 1534, he was confined in the Tower of London, along with Sir Thomas More, for refusing to swear the oath attached to the Act of Succession, which effectively rejected papal authority in legal matters and recognised Anne Boleyn as queen. The following year, Fisher was beheaded, along with More, not long after the pope had made him a cardinal. Portrait of Bishop John Fisher. Oil on paper, silhouetted, 21 × 19.1 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Fisher (c.1469–1535) became Bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1507. In April 1534, he was confined in the Tower of London, along with Sir Thomas More, for refusing to swear the oath attached to the Act of Succession, which effectively rejected papal authority in legal matters and recognised Anne Boleyn as queen. The following year, Fisher was beheaded, along with More, not long after the pope had made him a cardinal. | ||||
