Tregonwell 's major role in the dissolution of the monasteries lay in taking surrenders . He visited Oxford University in 1535 ; otherwise his work lay mainly in the south and west of England . He was also employed in the proceedings against the prisoners taken in the Pilgrimage of Grace , and he was important enough for Cromwell to talk about him as a possible master of the rolls . He became a master in chancery in 1539 , was chancellor of Wells Cathedral from 1541 to January 1543 , a commissioner in chancery in 1544 , and a commissioner of the great seal in 1550
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
John Tregonwell