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sharp_stick

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83. Thomas Cromwell
Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:27 AM
Jul 2012

was Henry VIII's chief minister from 1532 to 1540. Well the entire sequence of events isn't certain anymore, he was a pretty strong advocate for the religious reformists and was the chief accuser of Anne Boleyn. He was the brother to Oliver Cromwell's Great Great Grandmother, Katherine Cromwell.

What isn't known is why he was so insistent that Boelyn die. Some suggest that she and her family were too powerful and conniving and as such had to be brought down. Others think that much of his accusation was due to Cromwells desire to take the money from monastic dissolution for himself and other nobles instead of delivering the major share into charity. Others yet think that he did it just because Henry VIII wanted to get together with Jane Seymour and dissolving a second marriage would make the king look bad.

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Virgin Mary Major Nikon Jun 2012 #2
Virgin Mary chknltl Jun 2012 #3
I'll go first then Major Nikon Jun 2012 #5
Well thats all fine and Jim Dandy but.... chknltl Jun 2012 #28
I kinda have a thing for Julia Child Major Nikon Jun 2012 #34
Gods be praised! chknltl Jun 2012 #35
Hunter S. Thompson HappyMe Jun 2012 #4
Christina Aguilera circa 2001 Ter Jun 2012 #6
I'll take Christina 2002-2003. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #66
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Barbara Bush, circa 1998 taterguy Jun 2012 #7
Goodonya. I could neither achieve nor sustain. nt rrneck Jul 2012 #56
You are a hero and a patriot. nt NCTraveler Jul 2012 #67
Anne Boleyn sharp_stick Jun 2012 #8
Cromwell? Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #81
Thomas Cromwell sharp_stick Jul 2012 #83
Steve Perry blueamy66 Jun 2012 #9
Eve! ohiosmith Jun 2012 #10
I'm changing my answer to Adam! ohiosmith Jun 2012 #12
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Can you imagine? ohiosmith Jun 2012 #20
Henry the II (of England) PassingFair Jun 2012 #11
a young Lauren Bacall, circa 1950 mysuzuki2 Jun 2012 #13
George Washinton undeterred Jun 2012 #14
Bogie graywarrior Jun 2012 #15
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Leslie Howard, the coolest sensitive guy ever. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #17
Mamie Van Doren Tabasco_Dave Jun 2012 #19
Robert Mitchum ellaydubya Jun 2012 #21
Jimi Hendrix solara Jun 2012 #22
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I'd go back to the year of my birth, 1961… MrScorpio Jun 2012 #23
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She was 27 back in '61 MrScorpio Jun 2012 #25
I was 11 in 61 panader0 Jun 2012 #26
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Audrey Hepburn EvolveOrConvolve Jun 2012 #29
Kurt Cobain. n/t RiffRandell Jun 2012 #30
Back in the day? This one OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #31
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Brigitte Bardot bluedigger Jul 2012 #69
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Elvis. nt femmocrat Jun 2012 #33
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Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. bananas Jul 2012 #40
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A young Leonardo da Vinci..... Rowdyboy Jul 2012 #42
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Harpo Marx mucifer Jul 2012 #46
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Gilda Radner chknltl Jul 2012 #51
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JFK and Bobby together. sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #57
Rosy Palms. n/t retread Jul 2012 #58
Elizabeth I geardaddy Jul 2012 #61
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Cary Grant JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #68
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Katherine Hepburn... Scuba Jul 2012 #76
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Jim Morrison. nolabear Jul 2012 #78
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