1485 - 1540 (55 years)| Name | Sir Thomas Cromwell [1] | |
| Title | 1st Earl of Essex | |
| Birth | 1485 | Putney, Surrey, England  [1] |
| Gender | Male | |
| Military - Old World | he first became a mercenary and marched with the French army to Italy, where he fought in the battle of Garigliano | |
| Occupation | Chief minister to King Henry VIII of England | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic/Anglican - he assisted in the dissolution of nearly thirty monasteries to raise funds for Wolsey to found The King's School, Ipswich, and Cardinal College in Oxford | |
| Death | 28 Jul 1540 | Tower of London, London, England [1] |
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| Person ID | I7952 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | Walter Smyth Cromwell, b. 1456, Putney, Surrey, England d. 1510, Putney, Surrey, England (Age 54 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Katherine Glossop, b. 1457, Putney, Surrey, England d. 1557, Derby, Derbyshire, England (Age 100 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 1474 | England [2] |
| Family ID | F3453 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Elizabeth Wykes, b. 1489, Putney, Surrey, England d. 1527, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 38 years) | |
| Marriage | 1513 | Putney, Surrey, England [1] |
| Family ID | F2749 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
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| Old World | | _Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, 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, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents of the English Reformation, and the… |
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