Again, another Henry brutality. I guess nothing corrupts as absolutely as absolute power but wasnt there a jousting accident where he was knocked out for quite some time. The Four Corners outbreak was due to the presence of Sin Nombre virus within the droppings of deer mice living in the vicinity of the Navajo dwellings. But inevitably, in dealing with a master such as Henry, Cromwell would be hoisted on his own petard. A life marred by tragedy By the time Cromwell returned to England in around 1512 he had both the experience and contacts to set himself up as a merchant. Henry couldnt exactly charge Cromwell with forcing him into a marriage, could he? Gregorys offices included justice of the peace for Sussex and Ranger of Rutland Forest, and he also served on several commissions, including the commission of the Muster in Leicestershire and the commission for relief. Cromwell certainly had his failings and was not a pleasant man in a lot of respects. July 4 - The death of Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas Cromwell, from he had been a governess to Mary Tudor, Henry's daughter by Katharine of Aragon and was a friend to Henry's first Queen. In addition,her Plantagenet ancestry caused Henry to see her as a threat. He couldnt exactly tell the world that this marriage to a woman he didnt find sexually attractive had rendered him impotent, could he? Gregory and Elizabeth appear to have had a successful and happy marriage. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. So reflective of what it's like to be in corporate, financial, entertainment or high-end political environments today. Henry VIII left a legacy of morbid fear of marriage (=death) and assassination in his daughter Elizabeth. When he applied for a veterans pension, several notable Burlington residents helped him secure a $96 per year payment from the government. Could Henry 8th leaving the Catholic Church be like us leaving the EU ? During this work he came into contact with Thomas Heneage, a close associate of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Your comment will be posted after it is approved. It was a cruel time. June 2012 Trivia. I would very much like to agree with the previous commenter! Adultry is wrong in any age. But suggestions that have been made over the years include influenza, scarlet fever, anthrax, typhus or some SARS-like pulmonary enterovirus. Thomas Cromwell was an ambitious and manipulative man, but perhaps you. Brilliant. Cromwell had selected the perfect queen in Anna of Cleves, a . Though, it's likely she would have lived a longer happier life if her father hadn't pimped her out for the same reason. Henry, who was already in love with his next wife, Jane Seymour wanted Anne Boleyn gone so he could marry again. I have always been an "Anne Boleyn fan" so to say but I like Cromwell as well. He had a good run, though that was bad news for many other people, including Anne Boleyn and those associated with her. While Cromwell was undeniably a very able man, he did grease the skids for his enemies, most notably Anne Boleyn. Following his death on 4th July 1551, Gregorys widow, Elizabeth, married John Paulet, the future Marquess of Winchester. His death was a cruel and inhumane act of vengeance by the snobs of King Henry VIII's realm. Historians have concluded that Sir Thomas More married Alice so he could have a step-mother for his four children after his first wife, Jane, died in 1511. Cause of death. But what do we know about Gregory and what happened to him after his fathers fall in July 1540? The truth is that if Cromwell had refused Henry would just have found someone else to get the legalities in order and then probably beheaded Cromwell too. So technically Henry VIII was the uncle of Gregorys children. I had to turn the volume down as well. However, Gregorys father was arrested on 10th June 1540 at a council meeting at Westminster and imprisoned in the Tower of London. However, we do know that hantaviruses are still with us, and their day could come again. June 2017 Striking the rich: Henry Brandon second Duke of Suffolk. ||sitemap_index.xml But like his father, he was not content to follow just one career path and soon began practising law. August 2011 Point is, they all used their positions and were willing to do pretty much anything and everything to maintain their positions or gain more power. None of us were there at the time and no one knows truly what lies in any persons mindhowever..to suggest Thomas More was "an innocent" is redrafting historical fact. Geneologists told my family there was only one way to be middle-class in England at the time, and that was you worked for the King. As with all women at the time, they were used as political chess pieces. I admit I always viewed Cromwell as a Medieval villain, but as someone said, he just did the bidding of his Master Henry; as Moore obeyed his own heretic hating Pope. Her execution was inevitable as she was a clever woman. Cromwell was called upon to compensate the tutor for the loss of his possessions. Does he really deserve out tears? Thomas Cromwell. I'm the Tudor Enthusiast Offering information and opinions, answering your questions and asking some of my own! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. de castro: Oliver Cromwell did not execute Charles I. She was an adulteress and even though she was married to a psychopath she was guilty and in those times that meant death. Serving a total of six years in the military, Cromwell also saw action at Monmouth, Germantown, Brandywine and Yorktown, ultimately leaving the army with a badge of merit and honorable discharge papers that were signed by General Washington himself.According to some sources, Cromwell's overall likeability came to his benefit several years later. More's refusal sealed his own fate. For instance the Four Corners HPS outbreak was linked to the El Nio climatic oscillation. Mantel is the first to say she wrote novels, not history books, and her Cromwell is one view on him. (we even have it today in our elected, democratic governments) In fact we have some very unpleasant politics here locally in our little rural county. I hope to add more useful posts later. July 2019 There was no trial, and Cromwell was executed on July 28, 1540, on Tower Hill. Sir William Cecil Artist: Arnold van Brounckhorst c. 1560s Sir William Cecil, later Baron Burghley, was a very dear friend of Gregory Cromwell. I mean Cromwell wasn't no worse than alot of other characters but Suffolk fixated on him for some reason. Although how exactly they came together is not known, Lord Burghley's first position at court was working diligently for Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, when he was Lord Protector of the realm. January 2017 #WednesdayFact Did you know that the falcon wasnt Anne Boleyns only badge? This is a summarized and simple projection of my thoughts yet the details are too boring to bother with. Such a mess! Thomas Cromwell, in full Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex, Baron Cromwell of Okeham, (born c. 1485, Putney, near Londondied July 28, 1540, probably London), principal adviser (1532-40) to England's Henry VIII, chiefly responsible for establishing the Reformation in England, for the dissolution of the monasteries, and for strengthening the royal a. Cromwells alleged words referring to being seduced should not be taken as an admission of guilt. linked to the El Nio climatic oscillation, Director Evaluation and Impact Measurement. In 1524 he carried out legal work for John Aleyn, a London alderman and a senior member of the Mercers' Company. All, however, have had some clinical or epidemiological aspect that meant they didnt quite fit the description on the most wanted poster for sweating sickness. July 2021 In those days it was deadly to refuse King Henry VIIi. Executed by beheading. Anne Boyelyn was as evil as any of them. She was no more innocent than Henry was sane. I do believe Cromwell was indeed a proper Bastard. Henry the tiger. The official reason for Cromwell's death and the actual reason were not the same. It was what Henry wanted. 1532-1533) [London,] - Has just heard that Thomas Cramvel, keeper of the Privy Seal and Vicar-General of the Spiritualty, who, since the Cardinal's death, had the principal management of the atfairs of this kingdom, and had been newly made Grand Chamberlain, was, an hour ago, led prisoner to the Tower and all his goods attached. His father had recently been made Earl of Essex and Gregory was now Lord Cromwell. Then she, as Henry would have seen it, failed to give him the son he desperately wanted and merely gave him a daughter, just as Catherine of Aragon had done. Not Thomas Cromwell. Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon, his first wife, but her failure to grant him a son made her useless to him. but consider his position. How dare ANYONE claim to be ordained by GOD to rule others. My first American ancestor came here in 1666; he formerly worked for the royal court in England. But now I really sympathetic toward him, or even maybe like him February 2021 There were others with a better claim, the Poles for example. Anne Boleyn was a husband theif who by all accounts was ambitious, calculating and ruthless herself. So Cromwell as a Protestant was fighting a Catholic ruler who didnt want a pope leadership, he didnt have a hope in hell when everyone lived in purgatory anyway. HRVIII May well have been a monster in later life. Thomas Cromwell's Death. They resided first at the former Lewes Priory, then at Leeds Castle in Kent, and finally at the former priory of Launde. ||Wordpress installation and design by http://www.MadeGlobal.com, FREE Anne Boleyn Aerosolisation of the virus when the droppings were disturbed, for instance when a broom passed over them to sweep them away, created an environmental airborne infection. At first I pretty disliked him, as well to Anne Boleyn I wonder if ever Cromwell considered the fate of Dudley and Empson,faithful servants of Henry's father. Oliver Cromwell | Biography, Accomplishments, Religion, Death, Ireland Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl Of Essex - FameChain But Rome was at the forefront of heretic hunting. He is always in my prayers. I want to read her take on it. How could you say no to King Henry VIII? How he was made a saint beggars belief. Early Life Oliver Cromwell was descended from a junior branch of the Cromwell family, distantly related from (as great, great grand-uncle) Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII. Thomas Moore himself, who is often portrayed by Hollywood as a religious hero and Catholic Martyr, was himself more than willing to burn a few "martyr's" before his own death. You have a King whose sexual desires has two wives executed to fulfill his wish. August 2021 Anyone who rose from a blue collar family to become a member of the peerage had to have great ability. . Towards the end of Cromwell's life, in the Tudors, we are reminded by his son Gregory showing up and having everyday father/son conversations w him, that Cromwell was just an ordinary devout man w a wife and kids, trying to provide for them and who had feelings and a conscience like any other man borne of this earth. However, in his History of the Lives and Actions of Thomas Cromwell, written c. 1761, Arthur Collins made a reference to Thomas . Anne Boleyn probably was no innocent. He was covering his Jane and William had only one child together; Peerages and titles: John de Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell (created 1308) This was the only scene that I was unable to witness. Gregory and Elizabeth must have feared for their own lives, and Elizabeth wrote a letter to the king affirming their loyalty. So glamorous on the surface, so evil underneath. Please. Cromwell may well have been a self taught solicitor and able minister but greed and power made him rich. October 2017 I find this blog really useful for my uni project. In the end a lot of the players lost, and the consequences were severe. Cromwell the lady. July 2011. Thomas was the faithful and able servant of Henry V111. It was recorded by an eye witness to Thomas Cromwell's execution that it took three blows of the axe to sever his neck. The Real Reason Henry VIII Executed Thomas Cromwell - Grunge Which makes think that during that time people (poor or rich) were brutally cruel even the children, any of them would've done the same or worst than Cromwell had been in his shoes without hesitation. Thomas Le Forestier, a French doctor originally based in England, wrote about the 1485 sickness after his return to France, providing information about its appearance and impact during this first outbreak. Queens, Maids & Mistresses: Thomas Cromwell's illegitimate daughter Jane Barbarous times to be sure, we don't like axes, but we kill a lot more people today than they did. do you have evidence of this? Thomas Cromwell was taken to Tower Hill on June 10, 1540. After Gregory outgrew the nuns Cromwell sent his son, aged about fifteen, to be educated in Cambridge where he worked hard according to the letters that his tutors sent Cromwell but without the gifts that Cromwell himself demonstrated for language and learning. I feel that Thomas Cromwell was hated and scorned by all of his courtiers, robbed of any merit or respect that he should have received. Teri Fitzgerald in an article on him on the Anne Boleyn Files writes that Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, praised him as a wise quick piece in 1536, and states that he spoke Latin and French, played the lute and virginals, learned accounting, was skilled with the longbow, and was an accomplished horseman. October 2014 He was religiously confused, wanting his kingdom to be be Romish in its forms while he bogged on everything Romish from a great height. She probably didn't cheat on Henery, but she did on the Queen whom she was serving. Protestants martyred as many they considered heretics as did Catholics. It is odd given the number of pictures of Cromwell painted by Holbein that none was commissioned of Cromwell Junior. Derek Gatherer receives funding from Rosetrees Trust and the NHS to study influenza C virus, and from Sunway University Malaysia to study enterovirus 71. Yes. Poetic but ironic and undoubtedly, undeserved. Wikipedia: English Thomas Cromwell born c. 1485 at Putney, Middlesex, England, executed July 28, 1540, at Tower Hill, Tower of London, Middlesex, England, age 55 Thomas Cromwell was an English statesman who served as chief minister of King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. Norwich-born and Cambridge-educated John Kays had spent his early medical career travelling extensively on the continent, returning around the end of the reign of Henry VIII with a fashionably Latinised moniker, Dr Johannus Caius. November 2014 On January 1, 2014, Cromwell married actress Anna Stuart .