All earth appeared to have long gone to rest. The solid air of competition laid to relaxation any hopes of a renewal of the Treaty of London, on the other hand, and conflict was inevitable. Palace of Whitehall, Whitehall, London, in the queen's closet, by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. The most distinguished resisters provided John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More, equally of whom refused to take the oath to the king.