@the.past.reborn: I was born in Putney, the son of traders. My early life is hard to pin down, but some said I fought as a mercenary in France. Others said I worked in the banking houses of Rome. Somehow, I came home with the skills to survive where better-born men failed. I married Elizabeth in Putney and later entered the service of Cardinal Wolsey. When he fell, I should have fallen with him. Instead, I survived, crossed into the king’s service, and became one of the most powerful men in England. I helped engineer the break with Rome so the king could marry who he wanted. I drove through the dissolution of the monasteries. I helped bring down Anne Boleyn. But my own fall began with another Anne, the marriage I arranged and the king hated. Officially, I was arrested for treason and religious extremism. In truth, I had become too useful, too hated, and too exposed. I was executed at the Tower in 1540. The king is said to have regretted it later. Who was I? #wolfhall #henryviii #thetudors #tudorhistory #historytok #englishhistory

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