Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 July 1540

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On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 28th of July 1540 486 years, 9 months and 4 days ago
1st Earl of Essex Thomas Cromwell is executed by beheading at the age of 55 in Tower of London, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. After the execution Cromwell's head was boiled and placed on a spike of London Bridge.