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Thomas Cromwell was a patron of Hans Holbein the Younger, as were Thomas More and Anne Boleyn. In the New York Frick Collection , two portraits by Holbein hang facing each other on the same wall of the Study, one depicting Thomas Cromwell, the other Thomas More, Cromwell's executed political and religious opponent. [ 93 ]
Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; [7] [8] [9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
In 1529 Thomas Cromwell lost his wife and two daughters to the disease. It is believed several of the closest people to Henry VIII contracted the sickness. His love letters to his mistress, Anne Boleyn, reveal that physicians believed Anne had contracted the illness.
She was well-placed at court, in the service of Anne Boleyn, to support her husband's interests. [37] [40] [51] In August 1532, when the pro-Boleyn Sir Anthony Ughtred was appointed captain and Governor of Jersey, it was almost certainly due to the influence of Anne Boleyn. [40] [45] He served in person, and remained in the post until his death ...
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell . ... Kate Phillips will return to Wolf Hall as Jane Seymour, who Henry VIII will marry following the beheading of Anne Boleyn. Phillips had her breakthrough role ...
In 1533, Anne Boleyn has given birth to a daughter, much to King Henry VIII's disdain. As Anne's paranoia over her inability to produce a son grows, Thomas Cromwell tries to convince Sir Thomas More to show approval for the royal marriage.
On 3 August 1537, when she was about nineteen or twenty, Elizabeth, Lady Ughtred, married Thomas Cromwell's 17-year-old son, Gregory, with whom she would have three sons and two daughters. [18] She served in the household of Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard. [5] He suggested that Elizabeth Seymour might be the subject of the ...
The Mirror and the Light opens in May 1536, with Anne Boleyn (previously played by Claire Foy) dead. Cromwell in turn “emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while ...