Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5.
Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed his name to Cromwell.
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5.
Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed his name to Cromwell.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Cromwell
Drapers' Hall On this site, once part of the Augustine Priory, Thomas Cromwel...
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot. Cromwell's fa...
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Either burnt or poisoned in prison for his Protestant beliefs. Son of Elizabeth.
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses. Born Lancashire. Originally a Yorkist, he switched sides and in 1485 fought at Bosworth Field for Tudor Henry VII, for which he was appointed Lord Cha...
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
Monk at London Charterhouse. Newdigate was a personal friend of Henry VIII. The king visited him twice in prison but Newdigate refused to change his views. Executed at Tyburn.