The DOWNFALL And Execution Of Thomas Cromwell

One of Henry VIII's closest friends and advisors was Thomas Cromwell who became the King's chief minister. He is an incredibly controversial figure who rose to prominence during the Tudor period and Henry's reign, and today is synonymous with the brutal religious policies of the King such as the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell led this, which led to one of biggest land grabs in English History with the King becoming incredibly rich.

Thomas Cromwell started out with humble beginnings, and rose to fame in London as a popular lawyer working closely with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. They were both close, but following Wolsey's fall from grace he entered the service of Henry VIII. Cromwell became close with the King and his second wife Anne Boleyn, after helping to annul Henry's first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Cromwell also orchestrated a seditious and brutal web of lies and deceit against Anne Boleyn which resulted in her execution, of which he personally witnessed stabbing the Queen in the back.

But Cromwell's luck would run out. After failing with his proposal of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves in which the King felt he'd been conned, he fell quickly from grace. His enemies dug in their claws and had Cromwell arrested, and he was sentenced to death with no trial at all. He lost his head on Tower Hill and his head was then placed on a spike above London Bridge.

So join us today as we look at one of the Tudor period's most controversial characters, and we look at 'The Downfall And Execution Of Thomas Cromwell.'

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