The SHOCKING Execution Of Thomas Cromwell - Henry VIII's Chief Minister
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- Throughout the reign of King Henry VIII, the English monarch became famous and renowned for his brutal executions, torture and laws that hurt the population. Henry VIII even ordered the executions of two of his own Queens and wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and inside of England no one was safe from the King's wrath. He even ordered the deaths of his own closest friends, and one of these saw his Chief Minister and close confidant make his way to Tower Hill. In front of a huge crowd, Thomas Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill, and he was seen by many as a villain who caused chaos across England.
Henry and Cromwell were close, and Cromwell was placed in charge of the 'Dissolutions of the Monasteries,' in which he shut down thousands of monastic houses, abbeys and monasteries across England. The King then absorbed all of their wealth, making Henry VIII incredibly wealthy. This made thousands of monks homeless, and those who resisted were imprisoned and were executed. But Cromwell also fell from grace, as he helped to arrange the King's doomed marriage to Anne of Cleves, a woman who when Henry met her he regarded her as ugly. Cromwell's enemies stuck their knives in, and then he was sentenced to death having been accused of heresy and also treason. Cromwell's death sentence was confirmed as the King refused to pardon his former close friend, but following his execution on Tower Hill. Henry VIII would never forgive himself for Cromwell's death. He regretted the execution of Thomas Cromwell until the day he died.
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Part of Henry's regret for Cromwell's execution was that he never found another fixer as effective as Cromwell had been.
Iike having the whole North of England rebel against the king.
That’s what happens when he executed the previous fixer
Henry kept getting rid of his most technically competent counselor.
To bad he couldn't have lived another 500 years then he could have had Rumpole of the Bailey.
I understand that executions were more common back then but I think we can all agree that King Henry VIII was just a selfish , arrogant ,psychopath !
Definitely a psychopath. He killed many of those close to him almost on a whim.
Yes he was. Psychopath and tyrant. Even by the standards of those cruel times. It is surprising why British historians have not yet given a fair assessment of this sinister figure.
Henry fell off his horse at a young age and this concussion on the head, which left him unconscious, may have changed his persona. Before this incident, he wasn't a psychopathic killer. David Starkey, the expert British historian, has given a thorough assessment on Henry and all the Tudors.
A psychopath, or a sociopath?? Trump, for example, very clearly meets the definition of a malicious narcissistic sociopath; but he’s not a psychopath. Not sure what to call Henry.
He was a total tyrant, worse king the country ever had.
In modern times Henry would kill two personal trainers, a dietician, and the CEO who closed all those Golden Corrals.
And several prostitutes.
The painting of Anne of Cleves is a beautiful and accurate depiction by Hans Holbein. The quote "She is nothing so fair as she hath been reported" is not the primary reason for Henry's discontent, but rather Anne's failure to recognize him in disguise and "regarded him little". By the time Henry met Anne, his leg ulcers, "he has a sorre legge that no pore man would be glad off, and that he should not lyve long" (Marquis of Exeter and Lord Montagu ) gave off a fetid stench that courtiers suffered, but never mentioned to the king.
The history of the Tudors is more contorted and knotted than a grapevine, starting with the venal and miserly Henry VII's killing Richard III, and during Henry VIII's reign, the futile attempts to produce a male heir which resulted in death and misery. Ironically, it was the two girls who succeeded him, and the dynasty died out anyway. "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!"
Good points well made. Even describing Henry VII as "venal and miserly". I initially took issue with that, given the extremely sound finances that he left his spendthrift son. But on reflection, you're probably right, although more in the realm of "miserly" than "venal". It's poor old Empson And Dudley that I really pity.
H7 never lifted a finger on the battlefield & it was those cursed Stanley's who were basically responsible for his winning.And to have his reign dated to the day before so he could have men loyal to the true king , executed, was beyond despicable!I also agree with Sean about Empson & Dudley who were only carrying out the king's orders.
Well said.
God is not mocked.
How can you claim Annes of Cleves painting was accurate? You havin't seen her in life. No paintings were ever accurate, as they were all done to make the said person look far better than in real life. Henry 8th had it correct when saying to Holbine don't do shadow on my face, as it accentuates age. The paintings were all very 2 dimensional wether Holbine painting or not. No one really looked close to how the paintings were, & that was the norm right up to the 19th century. The real reason he didn't consummate his marriage to Anne was because he'd become impotent, after a jousting accident which knocked him unconscious for nigh on 3 hrs & messed his leg up badly. Hence he never had any more children. 1st 3 wives gave him kids. 2nd 3 wives couldn't as he couldn't raise to the occasion. Not even with Catherine Howard who was only 17 & pretty.
@@michealtaylor7745 There are several accounts of why Henry divorced her. Of course, I haven't ever seen Anne, and neither have you. I think you should watch Waldemar Januszczak's documentary on Holbein's Tudor portraits which is compelling.
Your comment has several misspelled words, e.g. Holbine, which is not a disqualifier in and of itself if you are not a native speaker. It does bring into question your reasoning and attention to detail. In English, monarch's names use Roman numerals, not Arabic, e.g. Henry VIII.
Henry VIII surrounded himself with people like Cromwell and others who were not of royal status who could make any claim to the throne, were ambitious, and did the king's bidding for their own personal gain. His paranoia probably resulted from his father's usurping of the throne from the Plantagenets, many of whom he had executed to eliminate any threat to his reign.
Trump is a lot like him.
We don't behead people anymore we just fire them.
Such brutal times when Henry Viii ruled England. Thomas Cromwell's fall from grace is tragic but he was partially responsible for Anne Boleyn's execution. What goes around comes around.
What do you mean partially? He slandered her to justify the king's wishes.
Also four innocent men falsely accused with her.
Yep, Anne was not an angel ( HOW SHE AND HENRY TREATED CATHERINE WAS NOT RIGHT EITHER)but history has shown She was innocent. Yes, He set her up .Basically had her and four innocents men to their death. What goes around comes around. .
I have learned one thing ( I think? ) in reading about Henry VIII. When you went to work for him, you took your life into your hands! Great video, thank you.
He did persecute England's Catholics too. He was a wicked man that got what he deserved. Not tragic at all.
Befriending Henry or marrying Henry was a death sentence, beware your wishes.
Which proves what a very clever lady Anne Of Cleves was. Ended up in a life of luxury, and she didn't even have to have sex with Henry (with risk of death in child birth).
@@SuperNevilethat’s mostly because he was too busy complaining about how she looked because his ego was bruised.
Honestly she got the best compared to everyone as much as she was mistreated herself.
"If you were friend or his wife, he was absolutely loyal to you. Right up to thebday he had you beheaded."
-David Starkey
@@bartsanders1553 Except the fact that only two of his wives were beheaded. The "divorced" and "survived" ones had quite a "quiet" life afterwards, though none lived beyond 50.
Cromwell excuted so many people, and now it was his turn. Although, he did get a less brutal execution.
Henry VIII was a tyrant.
He ordered the death of thousands of people. He destroyed the Monasteries of England for greed.
Monasteries were the Education system, medical systems, and scientific community of England. Monasteries took care of the disabled. Monasteries provided lodging for the Travelers.
This is a why the North of England rebelled against Henry VIII.
He profited from the destruction of the Monasteries, but returned nothing back to the community.
lol dont beleieve these monasateries were some ideal pastoral community you think they were.
@@malph123 You are right about the Monasteries. Monasteries were very important to the people of the Middle Ages. Monasteries provided hospitals, schools, education and scientific development.
In the process, Monasteries became wealthy. Henry VIII dismantled the Monasteries, extracting the wealth. The people of Northern England revolted because of religious beliefs and the loss of their social structures.
Cromwell was the person commanded the dismantling of the Monasteries, while he excuted anyone who opposed him.
tom the fool should be more concern with the judgement of Christ after he died. he was a murdering bastard and probably in hell
He was a tit.
@@malph123 Some were Some certainly were not!
Henry VIII was such a Monster....he always felt "sorry" for his wrong decisions after they were done !! Brutal Times....Brutal Kings & Queens ! 🥵😡
May of had a cruel death but how many had a cruel death by his hands
Picture this: Cromwell was spared by Henry VIII from hanging, drawing, and quartering; he only suffered Beheading! DANG! Those rich guys get all the breaks!
A man was once asked what he thought about the prospect of being hanged, drawn and quartered. His reply was, “if it wasn’t for the honor involved, I would just as soon skip the whole thing”.
They got the executioner drunk
But, are you aware.
A novice was employed to behead him.
The first blow, ended up in his back.
The novice, full of horror took a blind swing, that did the job.
Indeed, it was a gruesome way to go.
@@davidryley4162 Really? That’s AWFUL!
@@e.conboy4286 Nothing to what he did to please his royal moron,oops,I mean master.
Think what you will about the man. He rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful men in England. He faithfully carried out his King's wishes. Condemned without a trial, indicating that the charges were suspect. Good or bad, he was a remarkable man.
Bad.
Well, OK. But so was Hitler, surely, a "remarkable man"?
He was a man of his time, the era was really bad for anyone who oppose the dictator of the day, Cromwell was the Goebbels of the time. So he was bad.
@@theon9575 I think we'll just draw a veil over that, and pretend no one said it, shall we...?
@@theon9575 Verily verily
In a weird way Thomas got revenge on a future monarch with a relative who just happened to be called Oliver.
Its true that Thomas Cromwell's most determined enemies were from the landed nobility especially the extended family of the Duke of Norfolk & the Boleyn family. They all hated Cromwell regarding him as an upstart commoner & his elevation to an earldom was intolerable to them.
However it's plausible that the beheading of Cromwell was deliberately botched as revenge for what happened to one of their own Lady Margaret Pole on 27 May 1541. A devout Catholic she has been imprisoned by Henry VIII for two years prior because she had children without his permission and those children were (distantly) in the line of succession and also one son Cardinal Pole living in France was a serious enemy of Henry's reformation.
Henry suddenly ordered Cromwell to have her executed within an hour & she was taken to a hastily arranged execution with an inexperienced axeman and her struggling all the time. It took 11 blows to kill her. Killing her in such a brutal way was Henry's gruesome message to her son. All it did was turn a large section of the nobility into determined enemies (on the quiet) and it can be said they got their revenge on Henry by setting up his most loyal servant for a brutal execution on what Henry later realised were mostly false accusations.
Thomas Cromwell was Oliver Cromwell's great, great grand-uncle.
No. Elizabeth Williams was Oliver's relative. His grand father changed his name from Williams to Cromwell. Their home is still in Cardiff.
@@BunyipToldMe no. they’re right. Oliver Cromwell was a descendant of Thomas’s sister, which would obviously make him Oliver’s uncle - generations back of course.
The name came from his nephew, Richard, changing his last name to Cromwell from Williams as Thomas had practically raised him
@@francesca9423 Thomas Sister's husband died Thomas adapted her son & made the last name Cromwell- I am a decendent in america !
Agree- thew were close !
@@whoifwhat aye that’s right, his sister and her husband died so he took him in. But I wouldn’t say Cromwell _made_ Richard change his last name from Williams, Richard wanted to
Small point but when Cromwell said "I die in the Catholic faith" he wasn't referring to the Church of Rome. You'll find the term 'Catholic' in modern English would be 'universal'. It's in the Creed in the Common Book of Prayer, which Cromwell was instrumental in the production and roll out of in the Church of England.
Cromwll understood exactly what he was saying, even at the execution block and it wasn't a plea to a Roman church he had spent a career destroying.
Monarchs and despots have been known to "regret" the termination with extreme prejudice of their former friends and allies---POST FACTO.
They probably dont even feel sorry, those regret merely an act to save himself from the allies of those executed...then pointing finger at other enemy who 'slandering my loyal minister'😅
Hard to feel sorry for him. He did more to ruin ancient hustoric monuments than German bombs in WWII.
Hard to feel sorry for your piles of rock.
@@sassenspeyghel4155- sour blighter
Thank you, very well presented and informative. I have never heard that Henry VIII showed regret for Cromwell's execution but I have certainly read that he was contrite about Sir Thomas More's death.
More was no angel either.He kept a rack in his house for the heritics & learned all he knew about Diccon of York from that blamed Bishop Morton.A pity Richard had too much respect to have a churchman killed.H8 sure had no problems with it.
@@susanmccormick6022 An old allegation with no solid evidence to back it up. Its a claim made by Protestant polemics over the centuries which has been repeated until it became established 'fact'.
Why do you want to learn? are you in school and forced to? NO so STOP IT. I DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN OTHER PEOPLE GET CLEVERER THAN ME. I REFUSE TO LEARN AND MAKE EFFORT. I want to play games and watch movies FOREVER AND I WILL NEVER LEARN AGAIN
The Tudor dynasty and those connected to the seat of power are endlessly fascinating for me. Leicester’s wife with a broken neck at the bottom of some stairs proven to be impossible as the stairs still exist. Was Catherine really a virgin? What was Anne Boleyn guilty of of anything? Was Elizabeth a virgin all her life? Did Mary Queen of Scots plot to blow up her husband which went wrong and ended with him being finished in the garden? Was Catherine poisoned with her black heart? Was Joanna mad or just scapegoated for family greed? How big was Charles’s chin (Holy Roman Emperor)? How the heck did we beat the Spanish in the armada against the of odds. Was Elizabeth a sufferer of hermaphroditism, a more outrageous claim? Endless subterfuge.
"How the heck did we beat the Spanish in the armada against the of odds?" I once saw a documentary about this topic. If I remember correctly, among other things, the English used a German cannon maker to build better cannons with a longer range. Of course, this was treason against the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and had to be kept secret.
All of the above?
If you believe most of what you've questioned I'd start on a different subject. Also, stay away from atrocious conspiracies!
He didn’t say ‘I die in the Catholic faith’ out of humour, he did it to be ambiguous. Cromwell was a reformer, and had been charged with not just treason, but heresy. It was a measure to protect his family and friends. (And besides, other reformers used the same phrase - including Martin Luther).
And the thing is Cromwell wanted the money from the monasteries to go to charitable causes, and had planned for the larger ones to remain open as educational foundations. If it had been down to him alone we would still have places like Fountains abbey. But Henry was too greedy for that, of course.
Also he literally told Henry, ‘hey, don’t close all these monasteries at once, you’ll cause a rebellion’. he voted against the general dissolution in parliament and tried to thwart the bill, which Henry was very indignant about. No one listened, but he was proven right in the end with the Pilgrimage of Grace.
And interestingly, Cromwell also kept in storage in his home many relics from closed religious houses that were supposed to have been burned. They were plundered after his death
Well,I didn't know that about Cromwell.In that case,I'll retract & say just 90%cruel.And yes,I know he was carrying out orders,but.......
@@susanmccormick6022 90% cruel isn’t a fair assessment imo. did he do some awful things? Yeah, absolutely. But he also did and tried to do a lot for the common people/the country overall - way way more than I’ve listed here. It’s a shame so many of the charitable causes he attempted never got through parliament. People often paint Cromwell as one of the worst evils at Henry’s court, but he cared more for ordinary folk than most other ministers ever did
@@francesca9423 Thank you for the info,it's appreciated.I guess he felt more for the common folk than did most at court, because his roots were there.And it was a cruel age.Mind you,with wars,famines,'cleansing' it's still a cruel age in many ways.I wonder if humanity will ever come of age.Regards.
@@susanmccormick6022 it’s no bother! :) And I agree with you, having been there himself I guess he felt much closer to common folk than those born into nobility. (A good example is enclosures. Cromwell loathed them, the nobility were all for them. The difference is likely due to the fact that he grew up in a village, and would’ve known about the commons first hand - his own family used it. So he would personally understand what that land meant to ordinary folk. the nobility would not).
And definitely. It was an incredibly harsh time to live.
@@francesca9423 I am a village girl.From the sweet S.W.Due to a dumb decision now far from home with little chance of getting back.I even had to live in a city for some years.Horrible.I miss the ocean 🌊 so much.As my father said "For somebody who loves the ocean & spends much time in it,you could not have got further away!"I like exploring the history in cities but also like coming away even more.How about
u?Where u based?At least I have a nearby river & lots of trees,& 3 spoilt rotten felines.Lost our dog 3 yrs ago.Salud.
When you consider the number of people who were executed because of Cromwell, it is hard to feel any sympathy for him.
He caused a lot of terrible things for England and the Church. May God have mercy on him. Henry was the cause of many of those terrible things also after being called the defender of the Faith.
Superstitious nonsense comment right here children 👆 Can everyone see this lack of education 😒
I believe you're right on that score, he wasn't really very pleasant.
Considering what he did in service to King Henry's wishes he got exactly what he deserved.
All the brown nosing he did got him no were and begging for his life at the end after all the people he had killed and churches he robbed good riddance
I have always thought badly of Cromwell, because he seems to have gone against what he believed was right for personal and financial gain. Karma usually does a fine job of balancing the books.
Yes, it does.
Gee some things never change!
😁 what goes around comes around
Does Putrid know this?
@@susanmccormick6022 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I believe Anne of Cleves portrait was accurate it was the fact that Henry met anne incognito , and she didnt recognise him until he returned later in his regalia
Oliver Cromwell however, put every man, woman and child to the sword in my hometown, Drogheda, there is a street here called Scarlet street, because of the blood from the massacre.
Its sad Henry Viii & Oliver Cromwell started out popular & turned into monsters nobody wanted to be around !
What's Oliver Cromwell doing in a video about Thomas Cromwell?
@@billspence1799 being a monster.
@@billspence1799 Thomas killed a Qwean, a king killed him & relative Oliver killed a king & a few others !
Thomas*
This is much better than what I learnt in school I see things better now thanks.
"... and together the two became very close." As opposed to becoming close separately?
Those were cruel times indeed!
They certainly were, which seems incredible as all the people were professed Christians.
@@somyod2u What fool's will do in the name of religion!I wonder when civilization will start?
What goes around comes around to haunts one's self!!!
Thanks for another interesting and informative video
It would've been nice to mention why Henry VIII was at war (and also Elizabeth I) with Europe.
Pope Clement VII (or VIII, I forget) ordered France and Spain to invade England to enforce Catholicism on the country. Henry needed a lot of money quickly, he seized the vast wealth of the Catholic Church and used that to fund his defence against European invasions. Lots of coastal forts still stand that were made from repurposed monastery stonework.
He successfully fought off a French invasion which caused the Spanish to delay theirs. Spain linked with the Dutch to invade 40odd yrs later which Elizabeth and Drake fought off.
It was also around this time (1546) that the English (later Royal) navy was formed. This was in direct response to the threat of invasion as ordered by the then Pope.
Religion, its killed more people than all diseases combined.
Thank you for this post. I didn’t know that and I’ve read books and watched a lot of shows and documentaries about Henry. Tudor history is so fascinating.
Henry VIII also beheaded Thomas Moore, Cromwell's predecessor as Chancellor. The vestigial medieval concept of absolute monarchy endured until Charles II. William of Orange was appointed King by the privy council, despite a fragile claim, on the understanding he would work within a constitutional framework.
Many believe Henry Vlll died of syphilis.
Anyone thought, he may have died from complications of Type 2 diabetes.
Ulcerated, gangrenous leg ulcers
Monstrously over weight.
Impotence
Think about that
so he is impotent and blame all the woman? what an egomaniac😅
As for overweight, even his knight armor have big belly 🤣
@@redemissarium
Henry's waist was 52 inches. The armor never did fit a man that size.
He was apparently 28st when he died.
I recently read Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, and found this very interesting.
He was the Silvio Dante to Henry's Tony Soprano.
Too good for him. A despicable human being.
It may be shocking however this man hatched a plan for Henry to execute Ann who was innocent Cromwell was a terrible man and deserved what he got
THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT AWAY WAS HENRY. A SICK JERK.
@@samcolt1079 actually honestly if you really think about it he had a worse fate than all the people he executed. He was obese, practically going insane drifting in and out of consciousness with a fungus infested leg that was also highly painful for the last ten years of his life. Honestly a quick beheading sounds better than completely degenerating over the course of 10 yrs.
What's that old expression? "Live by the sword, die by the sword"?
Too bad, Henry didn't have Facebook. Could have saved himself a lot of trouble lol
Pronunciation is Woolsley
cromwell....a wicked man. hard put to have any pity for him, after his treatment of Anne Boleyn.
Wasn’t that more Henry’s treatment of Anne though? I don’t think Cromwell would have constructed the plot if it wasn’t what the king wanted
When you fly with the crows you get shot with them!
My 11th great grandfather worked for Thomas Cromwell. He sent granddad north to suppress the abbeys and monasteries in 1538. The following year he was appointed by Cromwell to receive Anne of Cleves when she arrived in England. His Majesty thought she looked like a horse.
And he was like, a father to him!!!!!! Oh, Well: EXPENDABLE!!!!!!!!!!!?
Evil man, got his just deserts. Good video, thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
One of the most famous Queens of England's Saxon period Lady Aethelflaed was buried at one of these monasteries that was destroyed during King Henry VIII's reign. If Lady Aethelflaed's burial site had been destroyed from this how many other Saxon monarchs burial sites had been destroyed too.
History's villains Henry and the Cromwells.
I love how people who have so many others killed ask for mercy.
Doesn’t hurt to ask?
@@scottdaley1672 fuck them. Lol
I'm sure quick death is blessing
Effing coward after all the people he had killed
My opinion henry 8 gone mad with power and erratic behavior. He kill people left and right. Henry 8 could just fire them and send them back to their village, instead of killing them.
Another historical example of why petty tyranny must always, and henceforth, be fought against in any leadership position, including the force of gossiping enemies of those in powerful positions who can manipulate with their lies and distortions and guile and cunning.
Excellent video.
I dont feel sorry for him as what he did to Anne Boylen.
Karma’s a bitch…..
She was a schemer too
Wasn’t that more Henry tho? I don’t think Cromwell would have orchestrated the plot had it not been what the king wanted.
@@Kelly14UK not really, the hole court was. Cromwell wanted to get rid off Anne.
@@TheMimis11 and Anne got rid of wolsey
In the Tudor era beheading was considered a merciful death. It was reserved for the nobility. Common people were tortured to death.
Can it be re-instated to take care of Johnson and co
He narrator nées to on an elocution course: or something to loose the very irrational rise or superfluous stress and inflections at the end of e2ch sentence
Risk of the occupation when you all your friends and coworkers are psychopaths and sociopaths.
I think you’ve mistaken Thomas Moore with Thomas Cromwell
I think you've mistaken Thomas Moore for Thomas More...
Was King Henry VIII suffering from advanced syphilis turning him into a paranoid chronically ill despot?
I like to hear about the life of Walsingham the advisor of queen Elizabeth I. Was he really like the character in that movie starring Kate Blanchette as queen Elizabeth I?
I would doubt it if it came from that horribly written rewrite of history.
Imagine this guy narrating your execution. Talk about rubbing salt in the wounds.
if Cromwell were so smart, he should've went to Germany himself and find out if the princesses were attractive enough.
Surely beauty is in the eye of the Beerholder?
After reading the mantel trilogy my opinion of Cromwell changed completely .
This should be titled ' the life of Cromwell bcuz that's what it's about...
Thomas Cromwell was the first man in England to keep gerbils as pets. He bought them from Turkish traders along with pepper corns and various tropical hardwoods .
Yeah. "Pets". Right. 👍😆💯
@@joymike6408 Probably ate them
Regretfully, they carried the makings of the plague virus.
And ???
The video becomes unlistenable on account of the rising intonation at the end of EVERY sentence.
The Duke of Norfolk was a main player in his downfall. Cromwell had Norfolks' ancestors dug up from the abbey where his family has always been buried. Bad move!
Shocking, but do I feel empathy for him? No. He had hundreds of people executed in ways way more horrific than his own death.
Wow, I didn't realise they used electricity for executions way back then, I guess 'Ole Sparky' has a whole lot of history I've been totally unaware of, cripes! 🤔
Having now watched this video I have to admit that the title 'shocking death' did indeed mislead me. 🤔
I wonder wether Oliver Cromwells disdain for the Crown is not at least in part rooted in the Execution of his famous ancestor
Talking about Cromwell, and shows a picture of Thomas Moore...
Maybe Ollie should have gone to Connacht. Turns out it's not too bad over here. Lovely beaches.
“Hung drawn and quartered or beheading?”
“Beheading please”
“Ok no problem right at the end please, hope it goes well”
Henry VIII came to regret what he had done
Sorry, but what comes around, goes around and with what he did to Queen Anne...🤷♀️
Whitby Abby was Count Dracula's AnB.
Seriously, Henry 8th must have been an undiagnosed serial killer.
A lot of these NOBELS where simply chaluse because he was close to the king.......
"It's good to be the King" 🔱
"SHOCKING"
The electric chair wasn't invented yet.
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the shocking thing is that Cromwell was instrumental in the deaths of Saint Thomas More and St John Fisher as well as helping to tear this country from the true Faith
Absolutely. He got what he deserved, unlike the two great martyrs you mentioned. However, in the other life all is set right. I don't like to think where Cromwell is spending eternity!
Wise words M
What puzzles me the lies he spread about Anne bolyne why was she done for treason accused of adultery while she was queen yet the king could get his leg over with anything in a dress.
With his childlike inflection at the end of every sentence, this narrator is the most annoying on RUclips.
Cromwell created his miserable end. What goes round comes around. Scoring points using evil means can only lead to bloody end📌. His legal career led him straight to hell.
What's so shocking?
The funny thing is that Hans Holbein had a reputation of prettying up his subjects. And yet he paints Cromwell as a conniving hatchet man.
In those days it was considered a compliment among the English.
very hard to understand you when you explain what happened.
Henry VIII was a serial killer as was Mary Tudor.
Why stop there?
Don't forget Red Liz!
Has me to wonder, why as he was condemned? didn't he speak the conspiracy off the King to commit false statements against, Ann?
Why do talk like a News reporter ?
Henry ran out of monasteries to rub from their wealth, so Henry thought a rich beheaded fool doesnot need wealth ;)))))
What madness Henry and Cromwell brought. The Tudor were unlikely kings. If not Margret Beaufort, they never would have been. It did make many noble families rich, ripping those abby's to shreds and then burning them to the ground. Good money in collection. Ever wonder where the Spencers got their money and position? They can thank Cromwell and the king.
Loathe that woman!
If he'd just gone to Germany and scored a hot blonde babe for Henry he would've died of old age.
A complex figure but ultimately in my opinion a zealot and unpleasant man. He did indeed do Henry's dirty work whilst pursuing his own Protestant agenda. His judicial murder was not deserved of course, being a result of political intrigue and envy, particularly that of the Duke of Norfolk (who himself only escaped death because Henry died a few days before Norfolk's due date for execution).
Norfolk was a self seeker.He is rumoured to have rolled in spurs & armour,upon his naked wife to 'cure her of her shrewness' after she complained about his mistress,a household servant.
Why was the word SHOCKING was used even with capital letters?
"In 1503 (...) Cromwell left England to go to Europe"... oh dear. You emphasize the last word of every sentence. This makes your comments very monotonous and tiring to listen...
There was never a follow up to the Mark Rylance BBC drama on Thomas Cromwell as far as I am aware, although I believe there was one planned.
Thank God
HiJoe, you are doing a great job with CELTIC keep up the good works,hail hail
@@malcolmmckinlay2143 When they're 6 points clear I'm happy. 😁
So we don’t know whether it was a SHOCKING execution? 🤦♂️