On 13 January 1536 , he was appointed deputy or proctor for Cromwell in his capacity as Vicar-General and appointed Visitor of the greater monasteries in Kent and other southern counties , being especially active in the West Country . In the same year , he was made Master in Chancery , was placed on a commission to receive and examine all bulls and briefs from Rome , and granted the prebend of Langford Ecclesia in Lincoln Cathedral , which he resigned the following year . On 16 June 1536 , Petre appeared in Convocation and made a novel claim to preside over its deliberations , on the ground that the King was supreme head of the church , Cromwell was the King 's vicegerent , and he was Cromwell 's deputy . After some discussion , his claim was allowed . In 1537 was employed to examine Robert Aske and other prisoners taken in the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire rebellions
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire rebellions
Pilgrimage of Grace
William Petre