People are not generally in the mood to hear about the winds of change blowing, or signs of any change in the status quo. That is especially true of those in places of temporal power. If you were the king back in those times you would take a dim view of your subjects talking about another king coming along. That would be a rude interruption your royal reveries.

That was how it was back in the 1500's. Western Christendom lived under the rule of the Vatican and the kings of Europe. In deference to the royal office of kings the Roman Catholic Church had found it expedient to craft the theology and eschatology of Amillennialism. So, there was no expectation of a future 1,000-year Millennium ruled over by a returning Messiah. That biblical message was allegorized, vaporized, and blown off as a fairy tale. Essentially, this eschatology upheld the Nicene Council and its resolutions of 325 C.E., that being

the marriage of the Church with the State. Essentially this was the marriage of the Church of Rome with the secular kings and princes of the West. The dream of the Constantinian Accord was that politics and religion would remain unchanged, forever as it was. Basically, the expectation was that the current order should be considered as stated in the liturgy, a "world without end". And discussions about the end of the age? They were considered taboo.

Such was the case with Cardinal Wolsey and King Henry. The newly translated English Bibles of William Tyndale were being smuggled from the Continent across the English Channel into England. The ensuing Biblical revival was sparking conversations from the Old Testament prophecies. Then, more specifically, Revelation chapter 20 spelled it out three times no less, about a coming one thousand year Millennium of Messiah.

This was a problem. It was a subject matter that English church leaders and heads of state found uncomfortable to think about. They were unable to address matter knowledgably with interested English parishioners inquiring about the matter. The whole biblical discussion about a coming climax to this age was a huge embarrassment to church leaders at the time. What was worse was that it was making them look bad.

And their king?
King Henry was absolutely furious.

So the church leaders took the only recourse open to them. They tried to shut down the conversation. They bought up his books wherever they could find them, and burned them. When that was unsuccessful, they decided to make an example of William Tyndale by trying him before a Vatican court and having him executed as a heretic.

Which they did. They burned him at the stake, over in Belgium, away from the view of Englishmen.

Did that stop the biblical awakening in England?
No, not at all.
It only sped it along.

Perhaps you might like to see the entire video, masterfully directed and acted back in 1986.
The DVD "God's Outlaw" is still available.
You can also watch the movie on YouTube, courtesy of Vision Video.
Here below is the link.

https://youtu.be/Mf3RsI0ghi4?si=Sdyh7XDBQmQCDT9F