Throughout most of Europe, the rise of Protestant churches had little effect on the teaching or practice of Herbal Medicine. However, the change in England was dramatic and extremely bloody. England had been a Catholic nation, with a great history under such men as King Richard Lionheart and King Edward the Confessor (who is also a saint). Several of these men are my ancestors and I am very proud of their heroic and noble actions. King Henry VIII was not such a man. He was a violent, gluttonous, alcoholic, adulterer and murderer who became a genocidal tyrant. He took issue with the Catholic Church because in following the words of our Lord, the Catholic Church does not allow divorce. We read in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus' very clear teaching:
Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole is available to the whole world for free:
[English] https://archive.org/details/gardenofpleasant0000park/mode/1up
[Latin 1629 ed.]
https://archive.org/details/paradisiinsolepa00parkrich/mode/1up
Both Gerard and Culpepper are both also available on Archive with digital editions of their original 16 century works.