Clip dramatising the scene where Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's leading minister, was arrested during a Privy Council meeting in 1540.
On 10th June, 1540, Cromwell was slightly late to a Privy Cou...
Clip dramatising the scene where Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's leading minister, was arrested during a Privy Council meeting in 1540.
On 10th June, 1540, Cromwell was slightly late to a Privy Council meeting. As he entered the chamber he was been arrested by the captain of the guard and presented with charges of heresy and treason. Surprised and furious he is said to have thrown down his hat onto the floor and appealed to those present for mercy but of course met with a hostile audience. The Duke of Norfolk is said to have ripped the George from his neck whilst the Earl of Southampton removed the garter from his leg. The men relished in the humiliation of a lower born man who had risen upon above them. Eighteen days later, he was executed on Tower Green. It took several strokes of the axe to remove his head as the executioner was inexperienced.
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I actually am of the opinion that Thomas Cromwell was an intellegent and most loyal servant of KH8. I have researched him for a while now, and have found him to be an astute poltical mind, and alternative thinker. Sure he may have helped the process of More, Fisher and others deaths, but he also brought a new age of religious 'freedom' (as far as you could back then) to England. In a way I admire his clever mind and great willingness to serve his king (as terrible a king as he was).
He was what most people were in those days, a climber. Take no prisoners attitude. To survive at court be you a chancellor or a King or Queen you put emotion and love for fellow man aside.
That is a theory. It has never been proved that he died from Syphillis. There are many arguements for and against this theory. None proven one way or another. He would have passed this to his wives and perhaps children. I see no solid evidence this was so. Kindly don't make blanket statements.
Thomas More was a fervent Roman Catholic and as a Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII burnings took place at More's instigation. One such documented included a former Benedictine monk, Richard Bayfield, who was executed at Smithfiled for distributing copies of the New Testament. There are many more such cases.
He argued for justice, the whole point of kings and councils is to serve the people, not lord themselves over us. Ponet's arguments can be used to bring any despotic or unfair authority to book.
As for Thomas Cromwell he made all those laws which sent Thomas More, John Fisher, etc to the block, but they came to bit him back in the end.
There was a man lving at that time called John Ponet, he wrote a book entitled "Treatise of Politike Power" and he argued against the supremacy of kings. He was writing in 1556 in Queen Mary's, one of his arguments were that kings could be assassinated if they use violence. I don't agree with assasination, but I sympathise with Ponet.
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There are many arguements for and against this theory. None proven one way or another. He would have passed this to his wives and perhaps children. I see no solid evidence this was so.
Kindly don't make blanket statements.
As for Thomas Cromwell he made all those laws which sent Thomas More, John Fisher, etc to the block, but they came to bit him back in the end.