Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Baron Cromwell of Okeham, chief minister of Henry VIII, Chief minister to Henry VIII, Lord Privy Seal, Statesman, principal secretary and chief minister to Henry VIII, Lord Cromwell, English statesman, principal minister to Henry VIII, Earl of Essex (1540)
Dates: c. 1485–1540
Biography
Thomas Cromwell acquired Exhall in 1537 with the sale by Sir William Gascoigne and his son. He was attainted and executed in 1540, after which his lands passed to the Crown.
Notes / Sources
The registry identifies Thomas Lord Cromwell as the recipient of the Abbey's lands upon the Dissolution in 1538.
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