Thomas Cromwell (Parliamentary diarist)

Thomas Cromwell
Arms of Cromwell: Quarterly, per fess, indented, azure and or, four lions passant counterchanged
Bornc. 1540
Diedc. 1611 (aged 70–71)
OccupationMP
SpouseKatherine Gardner
Children
  • Henry Cromwell
  • Humfrey Cromwell
  • Lyonell Cromwell
  • Thomas Cromwell
  • Gregory Cromwell
  • Ann Cromwell
  • Susan Cromwell
  • Katherine Cromwell
  • Mary Cromwell
Parents

Thomas Cromwell (c. 1540c. 1611)[1] was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. His diaries of proceedings in the House of Commons are an important source for historians of parliamentary history during the period when he was a member, and Sir John Neale draws heavily upon them in his ground-breaking two-volume study of Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments (1953–1957).