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[[File:Thomas Cromwell.jpg|thumb|200px|Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex]]

[[File:Thomas Cromwell.jpg|thumb|200px|Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex]]

'''Thomas Cromwell''' (1485 – July 28, 1540) was the principal adviser to King [[Henry VIII]] of England from 1532 to 1540. He played a major role in establishing the Protestant faith in England during the [[Protestant Reformation | Reformation]] and managed the dissolution of the monasteries. His enemies arrested him for heresy and treason and he was executed in 1540. [[Oliver Cromwell]] is a distant relative.

'''Thomas Cromwell''' (1485 – July 28, 1540) was the principle adviser to King [[Henry VIII]] of England from 1532 to 1540. He played a major role in establishing the Protestant faith in England during the [[Protestant Reformation | Reformation]] and managed the dissolution of the monasteries. His enemies arrested him for heresy and treason and he was executed in 1540. [[Oliver Cromwell]] is a distant relative.

When Henry failed to convince to pope to annul his marriage to [[Catherine of Aragon]], Cromwell proposed breaking papal authority over the English church and replacing it with royal supremacy. To achieve these purposes, Cromwell supervised the drafting of the Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533), to prevent appeals to the pope, and the Act of Supremacy (1534), to establish the king as the head of the Church of England.

When Henry failed to convince to pope to annul his marriage to [[Catherine of Aragon]], Cromwell proposed breaking papal authority over the English church and replacing it with royal supremacy. To achieve these purposes, Cromwell supervised the drafting of the Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533), to prevent appeals to the pope, and the Act of Supremacy (1534), to establish the king as the head of the Church of England.