3 Lawyer, Member of Parliament, adviser to Wolsey.
The king later expressed regret at the loss of his chief minister. Cromwell was arraigned under a bill of attainder and executed for treason and heresy on Tower Hill on 28 July 1540. Cromwell had hoped that the marriage would breathe fresh life into the Reformation in England, but Henry found his new bride unattractive and it turned into a disaster for Cromwell, ending in an annulment six months later. He later fell from power, after arranging the king's marriage to German princess Anne of Cleves. He played a prominent role in her downfall. 2ĭuring his rise to power, Cromwell made many enemies, including his former ally Anne Boleyn. However, Cromwell subsequently charted an evangelical and reformist course for the Church of England from the unique posts of Vicegerent in Spirituals and vicar-general. Henry failed to obtain the Pope's approval for the annulment in 1534, so Parliament endorsed the king's claim to be Supreme Head of the Church of England, giving him the authority to annul his own marriage. He helped to engineer an annulment of the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that Henry could lawfully marry Anne Boleyn. 1485 – 28 July 1540) 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.Ĭromwell was one of the strongest and most powerful proponents of the English Reformation.
Thomas Cromwell, ( / ˈ k r ɒ m w əl, - w ɛ l/ c.
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