You are thinking of Henry VIII, but in fact he burned quite a few Reformers. The Reformation in his reign was very much an underground movement.
Although he left the Church of Rome to marry Anne Boleyn, he remained Catholic in his theology all his life. The Church of England was reformed in the reign of his son, Edward VI.
Among Anglo-Catholics, the legacy is quite noticeable.
IMO, the English Reformation was barely enough to qualify as a "Reformation." Until the ball got rolling later (as you mentioned), the practical effect making the king the head of the church instead of the Pope was more like firing a CEO than actually reforming anything.
You are thinking of the Elizabethan Settlement.
The Church was reformed quite radically in the reign of Edward VI, but he died young and 'Bloody' Mary turned the whole thing back to Rome.
When Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558, she tried to find a more moderate way, which made almost no one happy except herself.
Ever since then there has been a sort of see-saw between the evangelical wing and the Anglo-Catholic wing, although many of the latter have now gone over to Rome.
Sidney is an interesting fellow whose career encapsulates much of the excess of the Second Great Awakening. He started out as a Baptist, went over to the Restorationists (Reformed Baptists), then fell in with Joseph Smith and became a leader of the Latter-Day Saints. He was brushed aside by Brigham Young after Smith's murder and eventually founded his own splinter Mormon group, which still exists today.
Mormonism:
another good example of Reformed Apostasy.
What is the criteria for reforming that which is apostate?
Joseph Smith Jr. claims to have received a revelation from God.
Smith is either a true prophet or a false prophet.
If true, we should all be Mormon.
If false, Mormonism is still apostate regardless of the origin of the leadership.
It matters not how many times a religion is reformed, it is still apostasy reformed.
The same criteria can be applied to that which has become known as Catholic.
Catholicism is a bizarre collection of that which is apostate from Rome:
universal church and salvation by works including infant baptism, just to name a few.
This is all another gospel--anathema.
Reformed Baptists have a very confused ecclesiology.
They think the Church is universal.
This is the basic fatal error which permeates the majority of Christendom.
Jesus promised to send Another Comforter to abide, lead and direct in all Truth.
He has kept His promise.
Real New Testament Churches have no need of reformation.