How Henry VIII Took The Head Off Thomas Cromwell

There was one execution that Henry VIII deeply regretted for the rest of his life. His Chief Minister Thomas Cromwell had sorted out many of the King's great problems, and Cromwell had made the King very rich but he was a ruthless man who would stop at nothing to keep Henry VIII happy. Cromwell was turned on following the King's failed marriage to his fourth wife Anne of Cleves, and he was condemned for treason. On Tower Hill, he was executed by axe but how did Henry VIII plot his best friends downfall?
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[@J.MacInnes]

Henry had a very bad habit when it came to his friends and loved ones, Anne Boleyn, Thomas More, Catherine Howard, Cromwell, Wolsey, his mother's first cousin Margaret Pole..... With a friend like Henry who needed enemies.

[@redmi9834]

There was a saying in those days. The closer to the king the nearer your head is to the block.

[@ChristopherRobinson-fk3jp]

Being Henry’s enemy had a predictable future, being his friend was likely no different.

[@Trebor74]

In Henry's court you had catholics against protestants,rich against the university educated poor. Each vying to remove the other,this included illegal torture(and without Henry's knowledge). And,like all revolutions(for the break with Rome was a revolution),you had moderates against zealots. It was not all Henry was a monster,etc.

[@karidey2952]

I love your videos. Thanks for taking the time to research and produce them!

[@mango2005]

One of very few executions Henry openly regretted.

[@DBEdwards]

Henry's other 70,000 were just the cost of business.

[@stancunningham3711]

Cromwell knew too much and had outlived his usefulness. Not difficult to imagine such an end.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Thomas Cromwell talked about Henry's ompotence.

[@pauldavies5611]

Really nice job. Thank you!

[@mariewraight4969]

I believe there was no actual evidence of it taking more than one swipe to take his head off. The only people to claim it was botched were many years after the fact and not witnesses at all

[@Justificus]

Thomas Cromwell, never did anything on his own authority without Henry's approval. The dissolution of the monasteries was completely approved by the king - and you didn't disappoint Henry if you wanted to live. Even the executions of the monks were insisted on by King Henry for their treason in not recognizing his authority over the church and religious matters above the Pope. Cromwell was despised by the aristocrats because, like Cardinal Wolsey, he was a commoner who had been given authority and position by the king that they didn't have.

[@heliotropezzz333]

What did he mean by the statement that he would die in 'the traditional faith'. He had a good relationship with Princess #mary didn't he?

[@DBEdwards]

The man was a covert Roman Catholic at his demise and admitted so despite his agenda as a magistrate for the King promulgating Protestantism.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@DBEdwards The odd thing is that charges against him, I believe, included trying to impose protestantism on the state i.e going beyond what Henry wanted. Henry was essentially a catholic who just got rid of the Pope as head of the English church. If Cromwell didn't believe in Protestantism did he just pretend to for political reasons, I wonder, or were the charges wholly false?

[@redmi9834]

Some of his enemies put it about that he was a Lutheran. A good excuse for Henry to get rid of him if he needed one.

[@DonAbrams-hq7ln]

Catholicism!!!

[@borleyboo5613]

Cromwell was loved by the ordinary people. He, Cromwell, never forgot his humble beginnings and he worked hard to make life better for the poorer people. There are many excellent books about Thomas Cromwell. He wasn’t the ogre people like to believe he was. He worked hard for the King and he would do whatever it took to give Henry what he wanted, even bringing about Anne Boleyn’s downfall. He was Henry’s enforcer and a very multi faceted character. I have been a Tudor historian for nearly fifty years. And I have to say, Cromwell is one of my favourite characters.

[@stefaneriksson3961]

Henry viii sacrifised Cromwell for his own purpoise.

[@jez6208]

I thought his father was a blacksmith?

[@clivebaxter6354]

His father was a blacksmith not a cloth carder

[@ken46val]

This whole thing is a load of tosh. Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill, not inside the tower which was used for very special inmates and Cromwell having everything taken from him it was decided he was just an ordinary person.

[@CrystalClearskies-cb9ji]

She said he was executed at Tower Hill

[@Phyllida-r7n]

Why this obsession with executions and death?

[@soufienetun8197]

The catholic church used to be more rich than the state and used to send too much money to Rome. Cromwell was a pragmatic finances guy.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Most of the money went to the poor. Thomas Cromwell just wanted to please Henry. We kniw where that got him.

[@savagecub]

Why don’t the Brits rebuild those ruined Abbeys ?? Seems a shame to leave them as shells like that. Think of how magnificent they could be. Look how all the old world artisans and craftspeople came together to rebuild Notre Dame. Certainly the British don’t want to be outdone by the French……………….!

[@richardw5375]

We can't afford it and labour government wouldn't do it anyhow.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

It is infuriating. Some were just torn down. The government has money to support illegal immigrants. People would go see those abbey.

[@alexandros8361]

I think they were left as shells for a reason. To show they'd been destroyed.

[@cedhome7945]

You want to stump up the money?.... Nope neither do we..... Better things to do with it

[@DonAbrams-hq7ln]

Is catholicism even strong enough to support the reconstruction? Frances Catholics are since they did reconstruct Notre Dame quickly(5 yrs).

[@ElizabethMurphy-on3dj]

He was not a traitor

[@LoriVanAuwelaer]

Hey y'all 😮

[@composimmonite3918]

"Woll-zee"?? It's pronounced "Wool-zee"!

[@robertstaas9314]

Henry VIII reminds me very much of Donald Trump. He was clearly paranoid and egotistical and could not abide any opposition to his own opinions. He was descending into lunacy as a result of venerial disease .

[@DanielKelleher-f1r]

Get a life , hero maybe usted es loco in la cabazo haha

[@djolivierastro]

And .....here we have some armchair psychology from someone with Acute TDS Syndrome T Trump D Derangement S Syndrome

[@davidpearce9150]

Get over it Robert 😢

[@Cucuilinn]

Trump obsessive syndrome!​@@davidpearce9150

[@robertmcleod3007]

You sound like a raving lunatic

[@savagecub]

So I started watching this video to learn of the unusual execution technique of Cromwell. I didn’t want the man’s entire history. In typical British fashion this video was far too wordy and extraneous.

[@peggyh4805]

I’m interested in what you call extraneous but I’ve always like biographies. My favorite.