tudor-era-set novels seem to always be pressing the narrative that thomas boleyn wasn’t actually skilled and just being “rewarded” by henry because of his daughters…despite that many of the important appointments he was given happened before henry encountered either mary or anne boleyn and it’s so…boring.
legiterally:
- 1503, helped escort Margaret Tudor north for her marriage to James IV of Scotland
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1509, created a Knight of the Bath
- 1511 and 1517: Sheriff of Kent
- 1512: One of a party of three envoys to the Netherlands.
- 1518–1521 : ambassador to France, where he was involved in arrangements for the “Field of Cloth of Gold” meeting between Henry and the new French King Francis I in 1520.
- 1521 and 1523 : Envoy to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- 1527: One of a large envoy to France
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