Under Mary I
Released by Queen Mary I on her accession in 1553, he returned to Bonner's service, became a prebendary of St Paul's, rector of Finchley, then of Greenford Magna, chaplain and confessor to the Queen, and then Dean of St Paul's (10 March 1554). He took part in the Oxford disputes against Cranmer, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley; but he was ill at ease with the brutality of some measures put in force against the Church of England. Feckenham employed his influence with Mary "to procure pardon of the faults or mitigation of the punishment for poor Protestants". He was sent by the Queen to prepare Lady Jane Grey for death and when the future Elizabeth I of England was sent to the Tower on 18 March 1554, Feckenham interceded for her life and liberty, even at the cost of displeasing the queen.
In May 1556, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by the University of Oxford, and when the royal abbey of Westminster was revived, Feckenham was appointed abbot. Under his guidance traditional monastic life began again on 21 November 1556, the abbey school was reopened and the shrine of St Edward the Confessor was restored.
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