People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Richard Layton (1500?–1544) was an English churchman, jurist and diplomat, dean of York and a principal agent of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Sir Richard Morrison (or Morison or Morysine) (ca. 1513 – 1556) was an English humanist scholar and diplomat.

Sir Christopher Hales (died 1541) was an English judge and Master of the Rolls.

John Hilsey (aka Hildesley or Hildesleigh; died 4 August 1539) was an English Dominican, prior provincial of his order, then an agent of Henry VIII and his church reformation, and Bishop of Rochester.

John London, DCL (c. 1486 – 1543) was Warden of New College, Oxford, and a prominent figure in the dissolution of the monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII of England.

John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (c.1500 – 14 October 1559) was Treasurer of the King's Jewels, Lord Chamberlain of England (1553–1557) and Lord President of the Council of the Welsh Marches.

Paul Bush (or Bushe) (1490–1558) was an English Augustinian and first bishop of Bristol of the new diocese.

Sir Richard Williams (born by 1502 – 1544), also known as Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and a courtier in the court of Henry VIII.

Robert Pursglove (alias "Sylvester"; 1504–1579) was an English sixteenth-century bishop.

John Incent (c. 1480–1545) was an English clergyman in the early 16th Century, during the early years of the English Reformation.

Sir Anthony Cope (c.1486 – 5 January 1551) was an English author.

Sir Anthony Kingston (ca. 1508 – 14 April 1556) was an English royal official, holder of various positions under several Tudor monarchs.

Sir William Cavendish (c. 1505 – 25 October 1557) was an English courtier.

Sir William Kingston, KG (c. 1476 – 14 September 1540) was an English courtier, soldier and administrator.

Blessed Richard Whiting (1461 – 15 November 1539) was an English clergyman and the last Abbot of Glastonbury.

Henry Holbeach (c. 1477 – 2 August 1551) was an English clergyman who served as the last Prior and first Dean of Worcester, a suffragan bishop, and diocesan bishop of two Church of England dioceses.

Edward North, 1st Baron North (c. 1496–1564) was an English peer and politician.