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Há 1 dia · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents ...
- Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, Anne Cromwell, Grace Cromwell, Jane Cromwell
- Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
Há 3 dias · It was an Augustinian Friary, often shortened to ‘Austin Friars’, founded by Henry III’s Constable, a returning crusader called Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. It was likely established in the 1260s occupying a small area but over time, as their wealth grew, they expanded to a precinct of around 5.5 acres.
Há 4 dias · The second of the two essays on Cromwell’s physical ‘legacy’ is an examination by Peter Gaunt of his impact on the rural and urban environment of Britain. We could not ask for a surer guide than Professor Gaunt, whose The Cromwellian Gazetteer (1987) provides the basis for much of what we know about where Cromwell was when.
Há 16 horas · Lawyer and statesman Thomas Cromwell served as chief minister to Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540 and has gone down in history as one of the most corrupt and manipulative people ever to hold power in ...
Há 3 dias · Sir Henry Cromwell’s wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir Edward Lucy and widow of Sir John Ferrars, Knight Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Elizabeth I and James I. She married Sir Henry after the death of his second wife in 1629. Marriages among the country gentry as much as the greater nobility were as much dynastic as personal and she ...
Há 1 dia · Plantagenet. Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin. In the 15th century, near the end of the dynastic line, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, adopted Plantagenet as his family name.
I. Introduction. In the spring of 1554, Elizabeth Tudor was in grave danger. Her half-sister, Queen Mary, had imprisoned her in the Tower of London on suspicion of being involved in the Wyatt Rebellion. The insurrection was against the Queen's plan to marry the Spanish crown prince, Philip, who was a staunch Catholic.
