💙📚 Thomas Cromwell was Henry's most influential minister during the 1530s.
He was appointed Henry's vicar-general of the church in January 1535.
Cromwell is shown here wearing the Order of the Garter, in a painting after Holbein the Younger. #HisFic #TudorHistory #ThomasCromwell #HenryVIll #books

💙📚💙📚 On this day in 1522, Henry VIll rode in the Shrovetide joust, wearing the motto she has wounded my heart.
The event was recorded by Edward Hall and shows the king at his most theatrical.
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