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People convicted under a bill of attainder

  • Anne BoleynAnne Boleyn's exact birth year remains a subject of historical argument, with scholars proposing either 1501 or 1507 as the correct date.
  • Catherine HowardCatherine Howard entered the world in Lambeth around 1523, born into a family that held high rank but little money. Her father was Lord Edmund Howard, the…
  • Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell was born on the 25th of April 1599 in Huntingdon to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. His family estate derived from his…
  • Thomas CromwellThomas Cromwell is thought to have been born by or around 1485 in Putney, then a village in Surrey providing a ferry service across the Thames upstream from…