[no-glossary]John Wycliffe[/no-glossary] died on the 31st of December 1384. He is remembered for being the first person to translate the bible into English. Wycliffe was considered the most able of the Oxford theologians.

Wycliffe spoke out against the wealth of the church. In the dispute between Edward III and the Pope concerning the feudal tribute that had been awarded to the Papal authorities by King John of England to Innocent III, Wycliffe wrote saying the a king could not grant anything to the church authorities in perpetuity, as temporal lords could deprive the clergy of their possessions.

Wycliffe also spoke against the doctrine of Transubstantiation, and the selling of indulgences.

Papal censure followed Wycliffe but he was supported by John of Gaunt and was left to retire to his parish of Lutterworth. However, 31 years after his death, at the Council of Constance, Wycliffe was declared a heretic and it was ordered that all his writings should be burned. In 1328 acting on orders from Pope Martin, Wycliffe's bones where dug up, burnt, and the ashes thrown into the River Swift.