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- There is no record of what passed between them, but the chief minister must have imparted his suspicions (and evidence) of the queen’s infidelity. The king, whose attitude towards his wife had until now vacillated between hostility and passion, turned suddenly and irrevocably against her.
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Cromwell and Anne were, in a sense, the source of each other’s power at Henry’s court. Cromwell knew how desperately Henry wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne, so he made it his business to make it happen. In so doing, he effectively paved Anne’s way to the throne.
Hilary Mantel has left all this out and concentrated on the real facts: Henry is disenchanted with Anne and in love with Jane; Henry has resolved to make Jane his queen, and has directed Cromwell to arrange it, using Anne’s pre-contract with Henry Percy as the legal justification.
There was found among Cromwell’s papers a letter from Anne to Henry, written from the Tower four days after her arrest. It is a bold statement of her innocence in which she upbraids her husband for bringing her to this state.
Ambassador Chapuys does indeed say in one of his letters that Cromwell brought about the whole affair, but in the same letter – the same sentence in fact – he makes it clear that Cromwell was acting under orders given by Henry on or about 18 April 1536.
May 27, 2015 · Cromwell did work against Anne Boleyn, but only after he was ordered to and given the authority by his king. Both translations of the letter still note that Cromwell was authorised and commissioned to prosecute Anne.
Cromwell and Henry VIII's Marriage to Anne of Cleves. Henry VIII charged Cromwell with finding him a new wife. He was angered by the choice of Anne of Cleves.
It is often stated that Cromwell was a client of the Boleyn family, and owed his rise to Anne’s favour. However, this is quite clearly not the case – he came to the King’s attention through his duties in relation to legal and conveyancing matters.
