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But Anne's brother wanted her to return home. A letter from the queen, dictated by Henry's advisors, arrived shortly to assure the Duke of Cleves that his sister was staying in England of her own free will. In it, Anne wrote that she had "suffered no wrong or injury," described Henry as "a most kind, loving and friendly Father and Brother" and pressed her brother "that you so use yourself in this Matter, [that] I fare not the worse."
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Others would not escape lightly from this marital failure. Henry intended that his broker for this match, Lord Great Chamberlain Thomas Cromwell, would pay for his mistake. Cromwell was arrested on charges of denying the divine presence in masses. Condemned to death as a traitor and heretic, he lingered in the Tower of London while Henry pumped him for details of the marriage talks with Cleves - information that could prove useful in an annulment. Cromwell was beheaded a month later, on July 28, 1540.
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