14 May 1536 – The Queen’s incontinent living was so rank and common
On 14th May 1536, Thomas Cromwell wrote to Stephen Gardiner and Sir John Wallop, Henry VIII's ambassadors at…
Thomas Cromwell
9 May 1536 – Meetings and Preparations
On Tuesday 9th May 1536, Henry VIII sent a message to Thomas Cromwell "commanding him to repair to…
8 May 1536 – The Vultures Descend
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset On 8th May 1536, just over a week after the first…
22 April 1536 – Archbishop Cranmer’s Strange Letter
On the 22nd April 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who had been away from court staying at his country…
28 July 1540 – The Executions of Thomas Cromwell and Walter Hungerford
While Henry VIII was busy marrying wife number 5, his former chief minister Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex,…
12 June 1540 – Thomas Cromwell writes to Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell, engraving from 1859 On 12th June 1540, Thomas Cromwell, who was imprisoned in the Tower of…
10 June 1540 – The Arrest of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
At 3pm on 10th June 1540, while the Privy Council were in session at Westminster, the Captain of…