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Hace 3 días · As an adviser to Henry, Cromwell could have attempted to guide the hot-headed king, to tame his wilder ambitions, counsel him in patience, uphold the many freedoms enjoyed by his subjects. But Cromwell had no interest in moderation. He made all Henry’s dreams come true, riding roughshod over the law of the land and whoever got in his way.
Hace 5 días · January 1531, 1-15. 1 Jan. R. O. 23. Harry [Parker] Lord Morley to Cromwell. Writes in favor of the bearer, a poor canon, who, when his priory was suppressed, was commanded by the Cardinal to abide at Christchurch, the prior and convent of which granted him for life the farm of Bromefelde. He has been wrongfully vexed by one John Smythe, who ...
Hace 4 días · Margery Wentworth, also known as Margaret Wentworth, and as both Lady Seymour and Dame Margery Seymour (c. 1478 – 18 October 1550), was the wife of Sir (John Seymour) and the mother of Queen (Jane Seymour), the (third wife) of King Henry VIII of England.She was the grandmother of King (Edward VI of England).(Dame)
Hace 2 días · In 1990 John Morrill edited a collection of essays entitled Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution. It was based on the premise that Cromwell was too complex and difficult a subject to be best summed up by a single biographer, and so should be tackled by a team which represented the best current experts in different aspects of his personality and activities. That assembled for the volume ...
Hace 2 días · Compiled by Tim Wales. This resource contains the names of over 4,000 officers who served in the armies of Parliament during the first English civil war (1642-6), and in some cases subsequently. This alphabetical directory covers all regions of England and Wales and, while not claiming to be comprehensive, brings together in one place the ...
Hace 4 días · April 1536, 21-25. 21 April. Vienna Archives. 699. Chapuys to Charles V. Received on the 15th, Easter Eve, your Majesty's letters of the 28th ult. Had already received on the 11th those of the last of February only; and, according to instructions in the last-mentioned, informed the Princess of what he thought advisable.
Hace 1 día · 1 May. R. O. 778. John Salysbury to Cromwell. After the death of my brother Sir Roger Salisbury, late steward of Denbighland, the offices of stewardship with fee of 40l., and custos rotulorum with 26s. 8d. fee, were given to Mr. Radclyf of the privy chamber before I came to the King, and by his goodness Radclyf was contented to bargain with me for the office, for which I paid him 400 marks.
