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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.
SIR THOMAS WRIOTHESLEY, first Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield and Earl of Southampton (1505-1550), lord chancellor of England, was eldest son of William Writh or Wriothesley, York herald, who, like his brother, Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), adopted Wriothesley as the spelling of the family name.
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.
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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.
