Archbishop, returning bow note, waves to Richelieu (7)
I believe the answer is:
cranmer
'richelieu' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'archbishop returning bow note waves' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'note' could be 'me' (musical note as in do-re-me) and 'me' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cranmer that I've seen before include "Archbishop and liturgist" , "divine burnt at stake" , "Protestant martyr burnt at Oxford in 1556" , "Archbishop of Canterbury burned at the stake" , "Archbishop who was burnt at the stake" .)