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Magdalen Herbert born Magdalen Newport; Magdalen, Lady Danvers was an English estate manager and patron. She was a patron to John Donne and the mother of poet George Herbert. She is seen as the head o
Sir Thomas Bromley was an English judge of Shropshire landed gentry origins who came to prominence during the Mid-Tudor period. After occupying important judicial posts in the Welsh Marches, he won th
Effigy of Thomas Bromley, St Andrew's parish church, Wroxeter, Shropshire.
Arms of Thomas Bromley, from his tomb at Wroxeter. The Visitation of Cheshire describes the Bromley arms as: "Quarterly per fess indented Gules and Or."
Thomas Cromwell, by Hans Holbein the Younger. It seems that Cromwell's distrust acted as a brake on Bromley's career. His judicial promotion and property speculation both forged ahead as Cromwell's power came to an end.
Sir Edward Montagu. He was browbeaten into approving the succession of Lady Jane Grey, along with Bromley. Edward Foss, the judicial biographer, contrasts their respective treatment by Queen Mary.