[2] Langdale took part on the Roman Catholic side in the disputations concerning transubstantiation, held in the philosophy schools before the royal commissioners for the visitation of the university and William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, in June 1549.
in 1554, and was incorporated at the University of Oxford on 14 April the same year, going there with others to dispute with Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer.
[2] Ordained in 1541,[1] Langdale was rector of Buxted, Sussex, and on 26 May 1544 was made prebendary of Ampleforth in York Cathedral.
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, to whom he was chaplain, writing to the queen on 17 May 1558, states that he had sent Langdaile to preach in places resistant to "religion".
He was ordered to remain with Lord Montague, or where he should appoint, and to appear before the commissioners on 12 days' notice.