The Earl of Essex, English administrator.
Cromwell was Cardinal Wolsey's agent in the
dissolution of the smaller monasteries of
1525. He directed the king's divorce proceedings against
Catherine of Aragon as
Henry VIII's
secretary and chief minister.
Aiming at the absolute power of the
king, Cromwell
promoted the Act of Supremacy in 1534 and the Acts of Reformation (1532-9) against the
Church.
He raised revenue for the crown by
suppressing the greater monastic houses in 1535 and was created Earl of Essex in 1540. Cromwell
negotiated Henry VIII's marriage with
Anne of Cleves and, soon afterwards, was charged with treason and executed.
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| Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) |
| The East Anglian farmer, descended from Thomas's older sister Catherine Cromwell (b.c.1483) whose children kept the cromwell name although she married, probably to maintain their connection with their famous uncle. Elected member of parliament, his military ability during the Civil War caused his rise in political influence until he became Lord Protector during the Commonwealth and later ruler of the country as a military dictator. |
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| circa 1485 | | Birth of Thomas Cromwell in Putney, Surrey | | | | 1503.Dec | | Thomas Cromwell serves as a soldier in the French army at the battle of the Garigliano | | | | circa 1510 | | Thomas Cromwell returns to England from Europe
He engages in businesses, dressing cloth and moneylending | | | | circa 1513 | | Marriage of Thomas cromwell to Elizabeth Wykes | | | | circa 1514 | | Birth of Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas Cromwell and Elizabeth Wykes | | | | 1520 | | Thomas cromwell known to be advising Cardinal Wolsey on legal matters
Henceforth occurs frequently advisor to noblemen and others when in difficulties, especially on financial matters | | BAAAGEKW | | 1523 | | Thomas Cromwell becomes a member of the House of Commons with the help of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | | BAAAGBXL BAAAGEKW | | 1524 | | Thomas Cromwell admitted at Grays Inn | | | | 1525 | | Dissolution of the minor religious houses by Thomas Cromwell as agent of Cardinal Wolsey
To provide the endowments for Wolseys foundations at Oxford and Ipswich | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEKW | | circa 1527 | | Death of Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cromwell
(or 1528) | | | | 1529.Jul | | Thomas Cromwell makes his will
One of the chief beneficiaries is his nephew, Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), the great-grandfather of the the Lord Protector
| | BAAAGEFZ | | 1529.Nov | | Fall of Cardinal Wolsey as a bill of indictment is preferred against him
Thomas Cromwell hurriedly elected burgess for Taunton so he could remain in government service | | BAAAGEBS BAAAGEKW | | 1530 | | Thomas Cromwell enters the service of Henry VIII | | BAAAGBXA | | 1530 | | Thomas Cromwell sworn into the King\'s (Privy) Council | | BAAAGBXA | | 1532 | | Thomas Cromwell becomes Master of Court of Wards, clerk of the Hanaper, and Master of Jewel House | | | | 1533 | | Thomas Cromwell becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer | | | | 1534 | | Thomas Cromwell becomes Secretary to Henry VIII and Master of the Rolls | | BAAAGBXA | | 1534 | | Treasons Act; made words or refusal to plead treasonable as well as overt ects | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBZE | | 1534.Nov.03 | | Act of Supremacy; Henry VIII splits from Rome, Parliament establishes the Church of England declares the English monarch its head and protector
Subjets are required to swear an oath of loyalty and reject Papal authority (churchmen who refuse the oath such as Sir Thomas Moore are executed) | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBXJ BAAAGCBT | | 1535 | | Thomas Cromwell created Vicar-General, effectively a dictator in matters ecclesiastical | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGCBT | | 1536 | | Dissolution of the minor Monastic houses supervised by Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII\'s Vicar General | | BAAAGBXA | | 1536 | | Cromwell issues injunctions against the worship of images and the sale of relics
| | | | 1536 | | Thomas Cromwell becomes Lord Privy Seal and created 1st Baron Cromwell of Oakham | | BAAAGBXA | | 1537 | | Thomas cromwell made a Knight of the Garter and becomes Dean of Wells | | | | 1538 | | Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIIIs Vicar General, made the keeping of Parish
Registers compulsory | | BAAAGBXA paris | | 1538 | | Hnery VIII categorically refused to concede the three reforms demanded by the Lutheran envoys hindering the political and theological union between England and the Lutheran princes of Germany sought by Cromwell | | BAAAGBXA | | 1539 | | Dissolution of the major Monastic houses supervised by Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII\'s Vicar General | | BAAAGBXA | | 1539 | | Thomas cromwell made Lord Great Chamberlain | | BAAAGBXA | | 1540 | | Thomas Cromwell created Earl of
Essex | | BAAAGBXA | | 1540.Jan.06 | | Marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEKY | | 1540.Jun.10 | | Thomas Cromwell accused of treason by Norfolk
The whole Privy Council joined in the attack and Cromwell was sent to the Tower | | | | 1540.Jul.09 | | Marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves annulled | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEKY | | 1540.Jul.18 | | Marriage of King
Henry VIII to Catherine Howard at Oatlands Palace in Surrey ]or 28th?[ | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEKZ | | 1540.Jul.28 | | Execution of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, on a charge of treason at Tower Hill, London | | BAAAGBXA |
Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell
by Merriman, 1902
Renascence Portraits
by Paul van Dyke, 1906
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