All earth seemed to have long gone to rest. The solid air of level of competition laid to relaxation any hopes of a renewal of the Treaty of London, however, and conflict was unavoidable. Palace of Whitehall, Whitehall, London, in the queen's closet, by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. The most prominent resisters bundled John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More, the two of whom refused to consider the oath to the king.