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The Lord Privy Seal was the president of the Court of Requests during its existence. ... Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl of Essex [nb 10] 1536 1540 William FitzWilliam
Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
William Fitzwilliam was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1525, a post which gave him an ex officio seat on the evolving Privy council. He was appointed Captain of Guines in 1524 and maintained a connection with Calais for the rest of his life, being largely responsible for the Ordinances for Calais Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c.
Cromwell had long been friends with Cecily Grey and her family, having served as her father's advisor in 1523, and bought out Baron Dudley's lands to help save her family from ruin. Sutton's wife, Lady Cecily, Baroness Dudley, wrote to the Lord Privy Seal on 24 February 1538, describing the effect of her family's loss of income:
The Act set the order of precedence as the sovereign's children, the "Vicegerent" (Thomas Cromwell), the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the bishops, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord High Treasurer, the Lord President of the King's Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord Constable, the Earl Marshal, the Lord High Admiral, the Lord Steward and the King ...
He was in the service of Thomas Cromwell from around 1534 until 1540. In 1536 he appears more specifically as one of the Lord Privy Seal’s men, being then described as a "sage and sober person": he was not in regular service but was one of those to be allowed in the household only "when they have commandment or cause necessary to repair thither".
Lord Privy Seal 1386–1389, Lord Chancellor 1349–1356 [13] [14] ... Thomas Cromwell: 8 October 1534: 10 July 1536: Secretary of State 1533–1536, Lord Privy Seal ...
Udal is a spy for Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal. As Katharine becomes involved with the many calculating, competing, and spying members of Henry VIII's Court, she gradually rises, almost against her will, in Court.