On January 1, 1556, in another discussion based on patristic texts, Cranmer was willing to sign the first of his statements, on papal supremacy, conditional on the history of the Council of Nicaea.
[6] Later in January they clashed on much worse terms, after the news of Cranmer's disgrading as Archbishop had reached England.
[7] They met again at the Bocardo Prison adjacent to St Michael at the Northgate, when Villagarcía and John Harpsfield interrogated Cranmer in the middle of February.
This was the fifth statement written or signed by Cranmer; he himself spoke of it as a return to the Catholic faith and asked for sacramental absolution.
[9] On his return to Spain, Villagarcía found that Carranza was in trouble with the Spanish Inquisition for alleged Lutheranism, and his name was linked to the charges.