The SHOCKING Execution Of Thomas Cromwell - Henry VIII's Chief Minister

Throughout the reign of King Henry VIII, the English monarch became famous and renowned for his brutal executions, torture and laws that hurt the population. Henry VIII even ordered the executions of two of his own Queens and wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and inside of England no one was safe from the King's wrath. He even ordered the deaths of his own closest friends, and one of these saw his Chief Minister and close confidant make his way to Tower Hill. In front of a huge crowd, Thomas Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill, and he was seen by many as a villain who caused chaos across England.

Henry and Cromwell were close, and Cromwell was placed in charge of the 'Dissolutions of the Monasteries,' in which he shut down thousands of monastic houses, abbeys and monasteries across England. The King then absorbed all of their wealth, making Henry VIII incredibly wealthy. This made thousands of monks homeless, and those who resisted were imprisoned and were executed. But Cromwell also fell from grace, as he helped to arrange the King's doomed marriage to Anne of Cleves, a woman who when Henry met her he regarded her as ugly. Cromwell's enemies stuck their knives in, and then he was sentenced to death having been accused of heresy and also treason. Cromwell's death sentence was confirmed as the King refused to pardon his former close friend, but following his execution on Tower Hill. Henry VIII would never forgive himself for Cromwell's death. He regretted the execution of Thomas Cromwell until the day he died.

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