Question from Katie - Mary Tudor and Thomas Cromwell
posted by Lara | 6:26 PM
I just finished Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Eriskon. In the book, Mary is afraid that her father is going to marry her off to Thomas Cromwell.
Is this true? Did Thomas Crowmell have his eyes on Mary? Was that one of the reasons he was beheaded?
Is this true? Did Thomas Crowmell have his eyes on Mary? Was that one of the reasons he was beheaded?
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Cromwell was single for much of his period of glory, the 1530s, and there is some wonderment that he never remarried after the death of his first wife. I can't recall any correspondence or documents that suggest he was the recipient of matrimonial overtures from any great or noble family.
He seems to appear somewhat sympathetic and kindly to Mary in their correspondence after Anne Boleyn's death, but most interpretations is that he was manipulating her into submission to her father.
He bagged Jane Seymour's sister for his son, so clearly he had some aspirations (his grandchildren were first cousins to Edward VI!) But still ... I can't see Henry sanctioning a marriage to Mary. As other commenters on this blog have said, Henry seemed to want to keep Mary single as long as possible. And Mary's relations on the Continent would have gone berserk. Probably the English nobility, too.
But still, it's curious that Thomas Cromwell never remarried, when he must have had plenty of valuable opportunities. My verdict, Not Proven.
as a matter of facct,I read beware princess elizabeth,and no,that wasnt one of the reaons ,he was executed because of anne boleyn,she persuaded the king to do it,beacause before she had her eyes on the king ,she was going to marry a man named henry percy,but what she didn't know was that the king already did have his eyes on her ,so the king told thomas to prevent the marrige and forever since anne was angry at him ,thomas not the king beacause if i'm not wrong,she never knew that they were the king's orders.and when the king loved her the most she slowly persuaded him to execute him,but sadly on his way to his execution,thomas died of an ilness ,or so I read.
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