Kachiŵirinso Wycliffe anaitanidwa kutetezera ufulu wa korona Wachingerezi motsutsana ndi kuloŵerera kwa Roma; ndipo atasankhidwa kukhala kazembe wachifumu, anakhala zaka ziwiri ku Netherlands, pamsonkhano ndi akuluakulu a papa. 
Again Wycliffe was called to defend the rights of the English crown against the encroachments of Rome; and being appointed a royal ambassador, he spent two years in the Netherlands, in conference with the commissioners of the pope. 