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Actually, Mary was quite tolerant of other's religious opinions. She had the same opinion about the personal conscience as Thomas More. Nothing was done to anyone until the disruptions became intolerable.

Compare that with Elizabeth. She immediately worked to make sure every Anglican priest became an organ of the state. They were encouraged to rage against the Catholics during their sermons. So, instead of preaching the Word of God, they were slamming Catholics.

During the days of Elizabeth, a young man wrote her a letter asking if she would consider tolerating the Catholics. For his effort he was arrested, not given a trial, and he was executed by hanging, drawing and quartering. Cuz he wrote her a letter.

There also was a Catholic priest who was caught in the act of baptizing a baby. He was arrested, not given a trial, and executed by being hung, drawn and quartered. Cuz he was pouring water over the forehead of a little one.

Historians over the last couple of decades have come to the conclusion (and this includes Protestant historians) that John Foxe's book is actually a propaganda piece intended to make Elizabeth look better than Mary. He conflated events, mixed events and made up stuff. This they discovered as they were going through state documents where all the facts were placed at the time of the events.

If the complaining pastors would have asked Mary to help them find new accommodations, she would have done so.