The Earl of Southampton | |
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 Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger | |
| Born | 21 December 1505 London |
| Died | 30 July 1550 (aged 44) Lincoln Place, London |
| Noble family | Wriothesley |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Cheney |
| Issue | William Wriothesley Anthony Wriothesley Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton Elizabeth Wriothesley Mary Wriothesley Katherine Wriothesley Anne Wriothesley Mabel Wriothesley |
| Father | William Wriothesley, otherwise Wrythe |
| Mother | Agnes Drayton |
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton | |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
| In office 21 April 1544 – 1547 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Audley |
| Succeeded by | The Lord St John |
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton[a] (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550[3]), 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. Richly rewarded with royal gains from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he nevertheless prosecuted Calvinists and other Protestants when political winds changed.
- ^ a b Montague-Smith 1977, p. 410
- ^ Wells 2008
- ^ Pollard, Alfred Frederick (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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