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Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break ...
9 de abr. de 2024 · lord chancellor (1544-1547), England. Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of Southampton (born Dec. 21, 1505, London, Eng.—died July 30, 1550, London) was an influential minister of state during the last years of the reign of King Henry VIII of England. The son of one herald, William Writh, or Wriothesley, and nephew and cousin to two ...
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Title: Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London) Date: ca. 1535. Medium: Vellum laid on card. Dimensions: Irregular, cut down, 1 1/8 x 1 in. (28 x 25 mm) Classification: Miniatures. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925. Accession Number: 25.205
Kntd. 18 Apr. 1540; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 17 May 1545; cr. Baron Wriothesley 1 Jan. 1544, Earl of Southampton 16 Feb. 1547.3. Offices Held
Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1st earl of, c.1500–1550, lord chancellor of England. Appointed a clerk of the signet in 1530, he rose in the favor of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, who granted him many of the lands of the dissolved monasteries. He was knighted in 1537 and became (1540) a principal secretary of state.
SIR THOMAS WRIOTHESLEY, first Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield and Earl of Southampton (1505-1550), lord chancellor of England, was eldest son of William Writh or Wriothesley, York herald, who, like his brother, Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), adopted Wriothesley as the spelling of the family name. His mother, who survived until 1538, was ...
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with the Catholic church.
