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Oxford was the setting for several key events of the English Reformations. A particularly tragic event took place in the Cathedral #OnThisDay in 1556: the Degradation of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Read the #thread to learn more about this sad moment in #history...
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Following 2 trials, 1 for High Treason and 1 for Heresy, Thomas Cranmer was excommunicated, and for a time was placed under house arrest here at @ChCh_Oxford. Whilst here, Cranmer dined at High Table and engaged in theological debate with scholars. But on 14th February 1556...
Cranmer was processed into the Cathedral, and a Papal Bull from Pope Paul IV was read to him in the Chancel stripping him of Holy Orders. He was then led out of the Chancel, and brought into the Cathedral Cloisters for a final humiliation where...
We're often asked if there was any connection between Thomas #Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell (many people even confuse the confuse the two). The answer is yes - the two men were related. This thread will explain how with a quick guide to the #CromwellFamily #Tudors #17thCentury 1/7
Thomas Cromwell was chief minister to #HenryVIII 1532-40. His sister Katherine Cromwell had married Morgan Williams, a Welsh lawyer. Their son Richard (c.1502-44) became a protege of Thomas, serving as a commissioner in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and as a soldier. 2/7
Richard Williams prospered, given property in Huntingdon by Henry VIII, as High Sheriff & an MP. By his death he called himself Richard Cromwell - as there was no formal way to change names for generations after the Cromwells signed legal documents 'Cromwell, alias Williams' 3/7
