All earth seemed to have absent to rest. The solid air of competition laid to rest 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 outstanding resisters integrated John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More, the two of whom refused to take the oath to the king.