Editing Edward Foxe (section)

==Early life==
He was born at [[Dursley]] in [[Gloucestershire]], and may have been related to [[Richard Fox, Bishop of Exeter|Richard Fox]], [[Bishop of Exeter]] and [[Lord Privy Seal]] under King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]].<ref name=BritannicaCite>{{EB1911|wstitle= Fox, Edward | volume= 10 |last1= Pollard |first1= Albert Frederick |author1-link= Albert Pollard | page = 765 |short=1}}</ref> Foxe was educated at [[Eton College]] and at [[King's College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=FS512E|name=Fox, Edward}}</ref> After graduating in 1520, he was made secretary to [[Cardinal Wolsey]] in 1527. In 1528 he was sent with Bishop [[Stephen Gardiner]] to [[Rome]] to obtain from [[Pope Clement VII]] a [[Decretal|decretal commission]] for the trial and decision of the case between King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]].<ref name=BritannicaCite/>