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6th March 1547
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was stripped of the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship & was confined to his home at Ely Place

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#OTD 6 Mar 1547

#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal

Or maybe it was simply because of his opposition to #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!

#OTD
21st December 1505
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was born in London to William Wriothesley and Agnes Drayton.

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#OTD 4 Oct 1581
Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton died
Son of #ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley.. #WolfHall) & Jane Cheney
Well connected his godparents being #HenryVIII #CharlesBrandon & #MaryTudor
#ElizabethI was his guest at Titchfield Abbey
Henry & his Mother's Tombs
#elizabethan

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30th July 1550
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, died at Lincoln House in Holborn.
Thomas was buried in St Andrew’s Church, Holborn, but then later moved to Titchfield.

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Thomas Wriothesley's Fall - The Tudor Society 6th March 1547 was a day of humiliation for Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton. Once one of the most powerful men in England, he found himself stripped of the Great Seal of office and confine...

6 March 1547—Thomas Wriothesley, once one of the most powerful men in England, lost everything. Stripped of the Great Seal, placed under house arrest… but why? A tale of ambition, betrayal & Tudor politics.
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#OTD 6 Mar 1547

#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal
Or maybe because he opposed #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!

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#OTD
6th March 1547
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was stripped of the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship & was confined to his home at Ely Place

www.instagram.com/p/DG169RcJxS...

#ThomasWriothesley #EarlofSouthampton #LordChancellor #Tudors #History

#OTD
21st December 1505
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was born in London to William Wriothesley and his wife, Agnes Drayton.

www.instagram.com/p/DD0zWLKPaF...

#ThomasWriothesley #EarlofSouthampton #LordPrivySeal #LordChancellor #Tudors #History

#OTD 4 Oct 1581

Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton died

Son of #ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) & Jane Cheney

He was well connected, his godparents being #HenryVIII #CharlesBrandon & #MaryTudor

He hosted #ElizabethI as his guest at Titchfield Abbey

Henry & his Mother's Tombs

#TudorHistory

#OTD 6 Mar 1547
#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal

Or maybe because of his open opposition to #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!