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Há 2 dias · Thomas Cromwell was born around 1485, the son of a brewer, ... Henry had executed his second wife, Anne Boleyn, while his third wife Jane Seymour, had died following child birth.
Political and religious enemies led by the duke of Norfolk and Bishop Stephen Gardiner gained the king's ear and convinced Henry that Cromwell was a traitor and an ultra‐protestant ‘sacramentarian’ heretic; he was condemned untried by the weapon of parliamentary attainder which he had himself used so often, and executed on 28 July 1540.
Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex, (born c. 1485, Putney, near London, Eng.—died July 28, 1540, probably London), English politician and principal adviser (1532–40) to Henry VIII. He was a confidential adviser to Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey , before entering Parliament (1529), where his abilities attracted the king’s notice.
17 de mar. de 2015 · Cromwell started to put his own men in positions that broadened his own power base and his status with Henry was such that in July 1536, he was appointed Lord Privy Seal. This has to be seen as another sign of the huge confidence Henry had in Cromwell, as he would never had got this important position if Henry had little faith in him.
27 de jul. de 2015 · There was no trial, and Cromwell was executed on July 28, 1540, on Tower Hill. Edward Hall’s account described the headsman as “a ragged and Boocherly miser, whiche very ungoodly perfourmed the office.” Cromwell’s beheading took place a scant four years after Anne Boleyn became England’s first la reine sans tete.
12 de set. de 2014 · Thomas Cromwell's career as Henry VIII's chief minister defined one of the most explosive decades in English history. Cromwell is credited with engineering the country's break with Rome, and of masterminding the downfall of Anne Boleyn, before following her to the block a few years later. Tracy Borman traces the highs and lows of Henry's tumultuous relationship with his ruthless fixer...
Thomas Cromwell was one of Henry VIII’s most trusted officials, one of the most important figures in the Reformation, and very controversial to historians. Born in Putney, London, he was the son of a blacksmith and alehouse owner. Little is known about Cromwell’s early life.
