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28/07/1540 Thomas Cromwell is beheaded

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Today in History: Henry VIII beheads Thomas Cromwell (1540)

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The death of Cromwell

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The Tudors: Henry VIII - The Fall of Thomas Cromwell - Episode 26

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Hilary Mantel talks about Thomas Cromwell

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Tracy Borman introduces THOMAS CROMWELL - Hodder & Stoughton

Cromwell was condemned to death without trial, lost all his titles and property and was beheaded on Tower Hill on the same day as the King's marriage to Catherine Howard. The executioner had great difficulty severing the head. Cromwell made a prayer and speech on the scaffold, professing to die, "in the traditional faith".
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