VOLUME I

CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS CROMWELL 1

APPENDIX. PASSAGES FROM CHAPUYS, POLE, BANDELLO, AND FOXE 17

II. THE PARLIAMENT OF 1523 27

III. WOLSEY’S SERVANT 47

APPENDIX. THE WILL OF THOMAS CROMWELL 56

IV. THE FALL OF THE CARDINAL 64

V. THE CHARACTER AND OPPORTUNITY OF THOMAS CROMWELL 77

VI. IN THE KING’S SERVICE 89

APPENDIX. THE SUPPLICATION OF THE COMMONS AGAINST THE ORDINARIES 104

VII. INTERNAL POLICY 112

VIII. IRELAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, CALAIS 147

IX. THE MONASTERIES 165

X. THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE, 1536 180

XI. CARDINAL POLE 202

XII. THE FOREIGN POLICY 213

XIII. THE CATHOLIC REACTION AND THE ALLIANCE WITH CLEVES 242

APPENDIX. REPORTS OF THE LUTHERAN AMBASSADORS TO ENGLAND IN 1539 AND 1540 272

XIV. THE FALL OF THOMAS CROMWELL 281

APPENDIX. PASSAGES FROM FOXE: CROMWELL’S SPEECH AND PRAYER ON THE SCAFFOLD 303

XV. THE WORK OF THOMAS CROMWELL 305

PREFATORY NOTE TO CROMWELL’S LETTERS 311

CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1523-1530 313 CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1531 335 CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1532 343 CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1533 352 CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1534 372 CROMWELL’S LETTERS: 1535 396