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From a biography of Thomas Cromwell on English History .net ~ [After a conspiracy of false charges brought upon Cromwell by his enemies], the captain of the guard arrived at the council chamber and arrested Cromwell, while a table of his enemies looked on. The moment the guard entered the room, Cromwell recognized the danger - and threw his hat upon the table in rage. Norfolk and Southampton stripped his decorations from his robe of state and Cromwell was then escorted to a barge - and, then, the Tower of London. The events which follow are far from clear - Cromwell's fall and execution are among the most mysterious events of Henry VIII's reign and cannot be easily understood. I have yet to read a history which offers an adequate explanation. In truth, Henry became increasingly mercurial and tempermental in his later years, and Cromwell was just one of many victims of the king's ever-changing whims. He was executed on Tower Green on 28 July, 1540. He is said to have died with dignity and that his execution was particularly gruesome. Edward Hall, a contemporary chronicler, records that Cromwell made a speech on the scaffold, professing to die, "in the traditional faith" and then "so paciently suffered the stroke of the axe, by a ragged Boocherly miser whiche very ungoodly perfourmed the Office".
This season of The Tudors will be Cromwell's end and James' as well in the series. Consider this our tribute to yet another intriguing and brilliant Frain performance, which we will sorely miss as the programme continues on.
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