Innocent  really  as  the  whole  sermon  now  reads,  it  appar-
ently excited  much  controversy  in  the  city.  Cromwell  had  by
this  time  ordered  the  visitation  of  the  monasteries,  and  had
picked  as  his  chief  instrument  to  annoy  the  Dominicans,
Richard  Ingworth,  Prior  of  the  Noviciate  house  at  King's
Langley,  who  later  for  his  services  to  the  court  was  con-
secrated Bishop  of  Dover.  Ingworth  wrote  to  Cromwell,
sending  along  with  the  sermon  a  description  of  its  effects.
