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Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [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.
Beheaded at White Tower for false charges of adultery, incest, and high treason engineered by Thomas Cromwell after she was unable to bear King Henry VIII a male heir. John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford: early 1537 Chief Butler of England, member of the House of Lords, and chamberlain to Mary I. Executed for role in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Any Catholic clergy found within the town were clubbed to death or "knocked on the head" as Cromwell put it [30] including two who were executed the following day. [31] Cromwell wrote on 16 September 1649: "I believe we put to the sword the whole number of the defendants. I do not think thirty of the whole number escaped with their lives.
"The Pilgrimage of Grace was a massive rebellion against the policies of the Crown and those closely identified with Thomas Cromwell." [11] The movement broke out on 13 October 1536, immediately following the failure of the Lincolnshire Rising. Only then was the term 'Pilgrimage of Grace' used.
Cromwell and Cranmer were the primary targets of the protesters' fury. Cromwell and the King worked furiously to quell the rebellion, while Cranmer kept a low profile. [46] After it was clear that Henry's regime was safe, the government took the initiative to remedy the evident inadequacy of the Ten Articles.
Thomas Cromwell was involved in some intercession or plans such as extradition. [41]: 220 Tyndale, before being strangled and burned at the stake in Vilvoorde, cries out, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes". Woodcut from Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) which is the earliest source of the quote. [42]: 32
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The battle's victor, Henry VII, arrived in London on 28 August, and the disease broke out there on 19 September 1485; [15] it had killed several thousand people by its conclusion in late October that year. [16] Among those killed were two lord mayors, six aldermen, and three sheriffs. [17] Mass superstition and paranoia followed the new plague.