Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl of Essex, K.G.(Knights Garter) c. 1485-28th July 1540, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the King.

The Cromwell family is an English family of aristocracy, whose members are;

Thomas Cromwell-1st Earl of Essex

Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland

The line of Oliver Cromwell descends from Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), son of Thomas Cromwell’s sister, Katherine and her husband Morgan Williams.

 

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