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Also known as Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, Sir Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, 1st Earl of Essex Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, Baron Cromwell, Earl of Essex Thomas Cromwell

English statesman and politician (1485–1540)

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Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, was born in 1485 and died on 28 July 1540. A separate author named Thomas Cromwell, born in 1792 and died in 1870, produced twenty works. These include *The druid, a tragedy in five acts*, *Excursions in the county of Norfolk*, *History and description of the Parish of Clerkenwell*, *Honour*, and *Excursions in the county of Essex*.

A musical group named Thomas Cromwell is associated with Germany. This group has thirty listeners and sixty-nine plays on Last.fm. Additionally, a Thomas Cromwell is credited with five works in Crossref records. The name Thomas Cromwell is referenced by 1,148 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1792
Died
1870
Works
20

Top works

  • The druid, a tragedy in five acts
  • Excursions in the county of Norfolk
  • History and description of the Parish of Clerkenwell
  • Honour
  • Excursions in the county of Essex

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Germany
Active from
1993

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30
Total plays
69

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Key facts

Monarch
Henry VIII
Preceded by
John de Vere
Succeeded by
Robert Radcliffe
Born
c. 1485 ( 1485 ) , Putney , Kingdom of England
Died
28 July 1540 (1540-07-28) (aged 54–55), Tower Hill , London, Kingdom of England
Cause of death
Execution by beheading
Resting place
Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula , Tower of London, London, United Kingdom, 51°30′31″N 0°04′37″W / 51.508611°N 0.076944°W / 51.508611; -0.076944
Spouse
Elizabeth Wyckes
Children
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell , Anne Cromwell, Grace Cromwell, Jane Cromwell (ill.)
Relatives
Cromwell family

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Cromwell (/ˈkrɒmwəl, -wɛl/; c. 1485 – 28 July 1540) was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 until mid-1540, at which time he was beheaded on Henry's orders, a loss the King would later regret.

Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents of the English Reformation. As the King's chief secretary, he instituted new administrative procedures that transformed the workings of government. He helped to engineer an annulment of the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that Henry could lawfully marry Anne Boleyn. Henry had failed to obtain the approval of Pope Clement VII for the annulment in 1533, so Parliament endorsed the King's claim to be Supreme Head of the Church of England — thus giving him the authority to annul his own marriage. Cromwell subsequently charted an evangelical and reformist course for the new Church of England from his unique posts of Vicegerent in Spirituals and Vicar-general (the two titles refer to the same position).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Cromwell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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