Thomas Cromwell was an English statesman and adviser to Henry VIII, responsible for drafting the legislation that formalised England's religious and political break with Rome during the 1530s.

Thomas Cromwell rose from poor beginnings to become chief minister and power behind the throne to King Henry VIII. However, at the moment of his greatest triumph Cromwell was usurped and destroyed.

Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas Cromwell broke with the papacy ... between the principality and the March. The law of England was to be the only law of Wales and, to administer it, justices ...

Mary I ruled England from July 1553 to November 1558 ... Cromwell through his great-grandmother Katherine — who was Thomas Cromwell's sister.

The first 'Act of Union', a title not used until the early 20th century, was passed in 1536. The March was divided into seven counties: Denbigh, Flint, Montgomery, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth, Glamorgan ...

The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the ...