William Tyndale, 'Father of the English Bible' (1494 - 1536)

Today, English has become the international language. In Tudor times, it was Latin, and many books were not available in English - including the Bible. This meant that ordinary people could not read it for themselves, or hear the Bible read in church.

William Tyndale was born near Dursley in Gloucestershire, and was educated at oxford. He found that even the Clergy were ignorant about the Bible, and said to one Priest: "If God spares my life, I will cause a boy that drives a plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do."