
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: From 1538 until his execution in 1540 this house was owned by Thomas Cromwell 1485-1540. Lord Chancellor of England to Henry VIII. Recorded plaque organisation: Melton and District Civic Society.
Thomas Cromwell, a key figure during the English Reformation, served as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII and played a crucial role in dissolving monasteries and restructuring England's religious landscape.
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