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Thomas Cromwell

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

Thomas Cromwell

It much grieves me that I should be noted a traitor when I always had your laws on my breast, and that I should be a sacramentary. God he knoweth the truth, and that I am of the one and the other guiltless.

He had been condemned to death for treason and heresy by King Henry VII even though he had drafted the legislation that allowed Heny VIII to become Head of the Church of England

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Thomas Cromwell

Born:
Died: July 28, 1540
Nationality: English
Profession: Politician

Biography

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king.

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