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Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break ...
- 21 December 1505, London
- Wriothesley
- 30 July 1550 (aged 44), Lincoln Place, London
- Jane Cheney
9 de abr. de 2024 · Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of Southampton (born Dec. 21, 1505, London, Eng.—died July 30, 1550, London) was an influential minister of state during the last years of the reign of King Henry VIII of England. The son of one herald, William Writh, or Wriothesley, and nephew and cousin to two others, Thomas Wriothesley was well ...
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Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), first earl of Southampton, rose to power in the court of Henry VIII under the influence of Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex, and was enriched through the dissolution of the monasteries.
Kntd. 18 Apr. 1540; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 17 May 1545; cr. Baron Wriothesley 1 Jan. 1544, Earl of Southampton 16 Feb. 1547. 3. Offices Held.
views 1,625,592 updated. Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1st earl of, c.1500–1550, lord chancellor of England. Appointed a clerk of the signet in 1530, he rose in the favor of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, who granted him many of the lands of the dissolved monasteries.
THOMAS WRIOTHESLEY 107. have been genealogically inclined, for he left pedigree.3 Thomas, the eldest son, was born on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, December 21, 7505. His younger brother Ed-. ward had a grander christening as the family moved up: Edward. Stafford, duke of Buckingham, and Henry Percy, earl of North-.
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with the Catholic church.
