566 But the ministers whom Henry most trusted and favored were not chosen from among the nobility, or even from among the laity.

John Morton and Richard Fox, two clergymen persons of industry, vigilance, and capacity, were the men to whom he chiefly confided his affairs and secret counsels.

They had shared with him all his former dangers and distresses; and he now took care to make them participate in his good fortune.

They were both called to the privy council; Morton was restored to the bishopric of Ely, Fox was created bishop of Exeter.

The former, soon after, upon the death of Bourchier, was raised to the see of Canterbury.