Cranmer's BIBLE. The first Bible printed by authority in England, and publicly set up in churches, was the same Tindal's version, revised, compared with the Hebrew, and in many places amended, by Miles Coverdale, afterwards bishop of Exeter. It was subsequently examined by Archbishop Cranmer, who added a preface to it; and hence it has been called Cranmer's Bible. It was printed by Grafton, of the largest size, and published in 1539; and, by a royal proclamation, every parish was obliged to set one of the copies in their church, under the penalty of 40s. a month; yet, two years after, the Popish bishops obtained its suppression by authority of the king. It was restored under Edward VI. suppressed again under Queen Mary, and restored again in the first year of Queen Elizabeth, and a new edition of it issued in 1562.