Tunstall’s authorization was necessary because the provisions of a 1408 synod at Oxford, known as the Constitutions of Oxford, included a ban on translating or reading the Bible in the vernacular, except by permission of a bishop.
ये लॉल्लार्डस्‌ वलगेट के एक अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद, जॉन विक्लिफ़ की बाइबल से पढ़ते थे और उसे वितरित करते थे ।