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14 Records
1536–1679 Date range
10 Named people
5 Places
Chronological records 1536 Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 15 May 1536
London · Government / Government of England
Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 8 July 1536
Wimbledon · Government / Government of England
Raised to the peerage as Baron Cromwell of Wimbledon
Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 1536
Government / Government of England
Created Lord Cromwell of Wimbledon
1540 Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 21 March 1540
Essex · Government / Government of England
Created Earl of Essex
1547 Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1st 31 January 1547
London · Government / Government of England
Created Earl Southampton
Richard Rich Rich, 1st 1547
Government / Government of England
Created Baron Rich, 1st
1550 John Dudley Northumberland, 1st 1550
Nortumberland · Government / Government of England
Created Duke of Northumberland
1604 Robert Cecil Salisbury, 1st 1604
London · Government / Government of England
Created Viscount Cranborne
Lionel Sackville Dorset, 1st 1604
London · Government / Government of England
Created Earl of Dorset, 1st
1618 William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st 1618
Government / Government of England
Created Earl Devonshire, 1st
1660 Edward Hyde Clarendon, 1st 23 April 1660
London · Government / Government of England
Created Earl of Clarendon on the day of the Coronation of Charles II
1672 Henry Bennett Arlington, 1st 22 April 1672
Arlington · Government / Government of England
Created Earl Arlington, 1st
Henry Bennett Arlington, 1st 16 June 1672
Government / Government of England
Bennett is awarded the Garter
1679 Savile Halifax 1679
London · Government / Government of England
Created Earl then Marquis of Halifax
Names involved Edward Hyde Clarendon, 1st Henry Bennett Arlington, 1st John Dudley Northumberland, 1st Lionel Sackville Dorset, 1st Richard Rich Rich, 1st Robert Cecil Salisbury, 1st Savile Halifax Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1st William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st
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