A historic barn once owned by Henry VIII’s ill-fated chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, is up for grabs in the latest Raffle House draw.
The £2.5million dream home, set in the hills of south Warwickshire, stands on land Cromwell once called his own, before his downfall and execution at the hands of the king he served.
Cromwell, a lawyer who rose to become one of the most powerful men in Tudor England, was the architect of the English Reformation and the king’s closest adviser.
But he was beheaded in 1540 after falling out of favour over Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves.
Within months, the king is said to have been wracked with guilt, questioning whether his right-hand man had been wrongly accused of treason and heresy.
