In 1530, Henry VIII forced the University to accept his divorce from Catherine of Aragon , and during the Reformation in the 16th century , the Anglican churchmen Cranmer , Latimer and Ridley were tried for heresy and burnt at the stake in Oxford .
Ngo 1530, UHenry VIII ophoqelelwe University ukwamukela isehlukaniso yakhe kusukela noCatherine wase-Aragon, futhi ngenkathi yeziNguquko ngekhulu le-16, le abantu abasontayo Anglican uCranmer, Latimer futhi Ridley balingwa ngokuba imbuka wasishisa esigxotsheni ngo Oxford.