the possible apostasy under mary i put considerable strife on their relationship, and ultimately lead to its demise. following ridley's successful recommendation for grimald to be appointed chantership of st.paul's cathedral, queen mary acquired the throne. queen mary's brutal prosecution of protestants led to ridley's imprisonment. while in prison, ridley wrote to grimald and potentially sent him laurentius valla's de falso credia et ementita constantini donatione declmatio, a text denouncing the pope's claim to dominion (13). the correspondence caught the attention of the catholic authority and consequently led to grimald's imprisonment at marshalsea in 1555.(stephen;lee 1917).